SOS LOCUMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC324936 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-05
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£68.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £68,482
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,383 YoY
Cash YoY
+41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£69k
↑ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£68k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£75k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£37k£56k£74k£93kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£70.5k£87.1k
Current assets£75.2k£93.0k
Cash£69.3k£49.2k
Debtors£5.8k£43.8k
Net assets£68.5k£85.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-27
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  4. 2023-03-29
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  5. 2022-03-28
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  6. 2021-04-27
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  7. 2020-06-29
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  8. 2019-03-29
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  9. 2018-03-27
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  10. 2017-04-05
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  11. 2016-06-16
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  12. 2016-03-18
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  13. 2016-03-15
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  14. 2015-06-08
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  15. 2015-03-31
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  16. 2014-07-21
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  17. 2007-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As SOS LOCUMS LIMITED
  18. 2007-06-05
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    GRIFFIN, Alan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-06-05
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    CROCKET, Amanda Jayne appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-05
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    GRIFFIN, Alan appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mr Alan Griffin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017
Ms Amanda Jayne Crocket
Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2007-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

Craigneston
Moniaive
Thornhill
Dumfries & Galloway
DG3 4EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GRIFFIN, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-05
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Active
CROCKET, Amanda Jayne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-06-05
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Active
GRIFFIN, Alan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-06-05
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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

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2025-06-06
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2025-03-31
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2024-06-11
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2024-03-27
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2023-06-05
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2023-03-29
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2022-06-06
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2022-03-28
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2021-07-09
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2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2020-06-29
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2020-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-29