ABERDEEN SURVEYORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC311380 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-02

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.5y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	1400	1400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-12-14
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-12-14
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capital · SH03
2023-12-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-12
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capital · SH03
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
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WALKER, Eilidh Kerr resigned
director
2021-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-01-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-01
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ROSE, Nicholas James appointed
director
2019-11-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-12-01
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WALKER, Eilidh Kerr appointed
director
2010-05-06
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JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-05-06
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MESSRS. KINNEAR & FALCONER resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-12-01
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CLOUSTON, Andrew appointed
director
2007-02-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-11-02
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Company incorporated
As ABERDEEN SURVEYORS LIMITED
2006-11-02
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GIBB, Gordon Drummond appointed
director
2006-11-02
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MACDONALD, Gordon Sturrock Marr appointed
director
2006-11-02
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MURRAY, Donald appointed
director
2006-11-02
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-11-02
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-11-02
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MESSRS. KINNEAR & FALCONER appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-11-02
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-11-02
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-11-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 East Craibstone Street

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB11 6YQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-16

Last: 2025-11-02