DRIVEN SCOTLAND LTD.

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SC291102 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£509.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £509,671
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£201k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£510k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£201k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£102k£204k£306k£408k£510kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£771.1k£569.2k
Current assets£201.1k£294.1k
Cash£201.1k£294.1k
Net assets£509.7k£385.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-09-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2021-09-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2021-01-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2021-01-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As DRIVEN SCOTLAND LTD.
  18. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    EQUI, Russell appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    AULD, Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    EQUI, Russell appointed
    director
  21. 2005-09-30
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-09-30
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-09-30
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-09-30
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-09-30
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-09-30
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
Russell Equi
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Martin Auld
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

40 Bridge Street
Newbridge
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH28 8SH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

EQUI, Russell→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AULD, Martin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EQUI, Russell→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-30 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-30 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-30 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-10-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-28