INNOVENT (SCOTLAND) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC278732 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£88.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £88,872
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,294 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£89k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Assets
£160k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£64k£96k£128k£160kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£96.0k£112.2k
Current assets£160.3k£158.2k
Net assets£88.9k£97.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2023-10-30
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  4. 2022-10-28
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  5. 2021-10-22
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  6. 2020-10-26
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  7. 2019-10-30
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  8. 2018-10-24
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  9. 2017-10-30
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  10. 2016-10-30
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  11. 2016-03-11
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  12. 2015-10-29
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  13. 2015-02-12
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  14. 2014-10-29
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  15. 2014-03-03
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  16. 2008-07-15
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    MCARTHUR, Andrew Sean resigned
    director
  17. 2005-07-01
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    MOTHERWELL, Arlene, Company Secretary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-07-01
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    MOTHERWELL, Arlene, Company Secretary appointed
    director
  19. 2005-07-01
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    MOTHERWELL, Robert, Managing Director appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-01
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    MCARTHUR, Andrew Sean appointed
    director
  21. 2005-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As INNOVENT (SCOTLAND) LTD.
  22. 2005-01-21
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-01-21
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-01-21
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-01-21
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Motherwell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Arlene Motherwell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

61 Mayfield Crescent
Howwood
Johnstone
Renfrewshire
PA9 1BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MOTHERWELL, Arlene, Company Secretary→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOTHERWELL, Arlene, Company Secretary→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-07-01
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Active
MOTHERWELL, Robert, Managing Director→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-21 · resigned 2005-01-21
Resigned
MCARTHUR, Andrew Sean→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2008-07-15
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-21 · resigned 2005-01-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-13