LABEL TEC SCOTLAND LIMITED

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SC292141 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£777.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
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, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £777,505
Net assets shrinking
Down £170,018 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£268k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£778k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£526k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£190k£379k£569k£758k£948kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£913.3k£1.11M
Current assets£526.3k£592.4k
Cash£267.9k£268.9k
Debtors£200.4k£252.1k
Net assets£777.5k£947.5k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-11-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-24
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    capital · SH06
  11. 2020-02-18
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  12. 2019-12-06
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-12-06
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-12-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-08
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    PHILLIPS, John resigned
    director
  17. 2019-07-08
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    PHILLIPS, Wilma resigned
    director
  18. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-26
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    address · AD01
  20. 2015-07-06
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    DUNNE, Caroline appointed
    director
  21. 2015-07-06
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Wilma appointed
    director
  22. 2005-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As LABEL TEC SCOTLAND LIMITED
  23. 2005-10-24
    ➕
    DUNNE, Paul appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-10-24
    ➕
    DUNNE, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2005-10-24
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-10-24
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2005-10-24
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, John appointed
    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
Mrs Caroline Dunne
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/10/2022
Paul Dunne
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • John Phillipsceased 08/07/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2005-10-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Unit 4, Block 4 Chapelhall Industrial Estate
Chapelhall
Airdrie
ML6 8QH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DUNNE, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-24
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Active
DUNNE, Caroline→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-07-06
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Active
DUNNE, Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-24 · resigned 2005-10-24
Resigned
PHILLIPS, John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-10-24 · resigned 2019-07-08
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Wilma→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-07-06 · resigned 2019-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26