XIOM SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC317164 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 11.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees10001000

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-03-07
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  4. 2024-03-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-07-26
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    Charge satisfied #3
  9. 2022-07-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-07-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2022-07-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-07-04
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    CARTER, David Thomas appointed
    director
  13. 2022-07-04
    ➕
    MCMURCHIE, Ashley appointed
    director
  14. 2022-07-03
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    MCMURCHIE, Ashley resigned
    secretary
  15. 2022-04-22
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  16. 2022-04-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2022-04-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-07-08
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    CLARKE, Eoin resigned
    director
  20. 2021-07-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-04-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2021-03-25
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  23. 2021-01-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2021-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  25. 2021-01-05
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    CLARKE, Eoin appointed
    director
  26. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2019-03-21
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    MCMURCHIE, Ashley appointed
    secretary
  28. 2019-03-21
    ➖
    ARCHER, Ian Marcus resigned
    director
  29. 2018-09-10
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    Charge satisfied #2
  30. 2018-04-05
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Claire Pamela resigned
    secretary
  31. 2018-02-13
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2017-07-27
    ➕
    ARCHER, Serena appointed
    director
  33. 2017-07-27
    ➕
    CHELLEYA, Sivakumar appointed
    director
  34. 2017-07-27
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Claire Pamela appointed
    secretary
  35. 2016-07-05
    ➖
    WILSON, Karen Mary Margaret resigned
    secretary
  36. 2016-04-30
    ➖
    FARR, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  37. 2015-03-01
    ➕
    WILSON, Karen Mary Margaret appointed
    secretary
  38. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    FARR, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  39. 2014-09-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  40. 2014-09-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  41. 2011-12-01
    ➖
    PHILIP, Julie Patricia resigned
    secretary
  42. 2011-12-01
    ➖
    ARCHER, Nigel John resigned
    director
  43. 2007-02-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As XIOM SCOTLAND LIMITED
  44. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    PHILIP, Julie Patricia appointed
    secretary
  45. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    ARCHER, Ian Marcus appointed
    director
  46. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    ARCHER, Nigel John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

40/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

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

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Sinopex Eot Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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XIOM SCOTLAND LIMITED
This company · SC317164

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
Sinopex Eot Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting16/08/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Sinopex Holdings Limitedceased 16/08/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest
  • Mr Ian Marcus Archerceased 01/01/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

14 Orchard Loan
Orchardbank Industrial Estate
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1TD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

ARCHER, Serena→
director · ~32y · appointed 2017-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, David Thomas→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHELLEYA, Sivakumar→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMURCHIE, Ashley→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMURCHIE, Ashley→
secretary · appointed 2019-03-21 · resigned 2022-07-03
Resigned
PHILIP, Julie Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Claire Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2017-07-27 · resigned 2018-04-05
Resigned
WILSON, Karen Mary Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-01 · resigned 2016-07-05
Resigned
ARCHER, Ian Marcus→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2019-03-21
Resigned
ARCHER, Nigel John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
CLARKE, Eoin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-01-05 · resigned 2021-07-08
Resigned
FARR, Geoffrey→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-12-01 · resigned 2016-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—25/03/202126/07/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/09/201410/09/2018
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—24/09/201413/02/2018

Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-07-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-07-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-08
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-04-22