A G FINANCE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC281499 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£698k£1.4m£2.1m£2.8m£3.5mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.76M
Current assets£3.49M
Cash£828.9k
Debtors£2.66M
Net assets£2.76M
Average employees11

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-01-31
    GLOVER, Maureen Mary Craig resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-04-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-01-16
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As A G FINANCE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  17. 2005-03-14
    GLOVER, Andrew Howie appointed
    director
  18. 2005-03-14
    GLOVER, Maureen Mary Craig appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-03-14
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2005-03-14
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Kamms Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Kamms Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
A G FINANCE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
This company · SC281499

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kamms Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/01/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew Howie Gloverceased 05/01/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Maureen Mary Craig Gloverceased 05/01/2024· 25-50% shares

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Hall Of Barnweil Farm
Craigie
Kilmarnock
Ayreshire
KA1 5NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

GLOVER, Andrew Howie
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-03-14
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Active
GLOVER, Maureen Mary Craig
secretary · appointed 2005-03-14 · resigned 2025-01-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-14 · resigned 2005-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-04
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-22