SCOTT YOUNG AND SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335766 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-03
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 17.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of roads and motorways
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,682,173
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£439k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£3.7m
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£736k£1.5m£2.2m£2.9m£3.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.49M£4.63M
Current assets£1.03M£711.8k
Cash£438.7k£351.4k
Debtors£588.9k£360.4k
Net assets£3.68M£3.52M

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

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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
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-16
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  3. 2026-01-16
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  4. 2025-12-30
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  5. 2024-11-23
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  6. 2023-12-22
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  7. 2022-10-27
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  8. 2021-12-30
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  9. 2020-12-18
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  10. 2019-10-17
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  11. 2019-10-17
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  12. 2018-11-06
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  13. 2017-11-24
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  14. 2016-12-21
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  15. 2016-01-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-12-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2008-11-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2008-05-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2008-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTT YOUNG AND SONS LIMITED
  20. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    YOUNG, Elisabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    YOUNG, Elisabeth appointed
    director
  22. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    YOUNG, Steven Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    YOUNG, Thomas Scott appointed
    director
  24. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    YOUNG, Thomas Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "YOUNG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Elisabeth Young
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Thomas Scott Young
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42110 — Construction of roads and motorways

Registered office

45 West Acres
Lockerbie
DG11 2EL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

YOUNG, Elisabeth→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-03
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YOUNG, Elisabeth→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-01-03
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YOUNG, Steven Andrew→
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-01-03
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YOUNG, Thomas Scott→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-01-03
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YOUNG, Thomas Scott→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-01-03
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property05/11/2008—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/05/200816/12/2008
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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18