ANGUS M WATSON LTD.

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SC336578 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-23
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
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£100.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
50 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 £100,199

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£100k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£100kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£100.2k£98.3k
Current assets£26.4k£56.7k
Net assets£100.2k£98.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-15
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  2. 2024-06-14
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  3. 2023-07-21
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  4. 2022-11-21
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  5. 2022-11-20
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    WATSON, Barbara appointed
    director
  6. 2022-06-09
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  7. 2021-06-07
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  8. 2020-08-04
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  9. 2019-12-09
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  10. 2019-10-26
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  11. 2018-10-20
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  12. 2017-10-13
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  13. 2016-10-24
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  14. 2016-01-26
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  15. 2015-10-20
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  16. 2015-02-23
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  17. 2008-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGUS M WATSON LTD.
  18. 2008-01-23
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    WATSON, Barbara appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-01-23
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    WATSON, Angus Millar appointed
    director
  20. 2008-01-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-01-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-01-23
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-01-23
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WATSON" — 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 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Angus Millar Watson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Barbara Watson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

1b Dorward Place
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8RU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WATSON, Barbara→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-23
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Active
WATSON, Angus Millar→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-01-23
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Active
WATSON, Barbara→
director · ~74y · appointed 2022-11-20
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-23 · resigned 2008-01-23
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-23 · resigned 2008-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-24
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2025-07-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
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accounts · AA
2023-07-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
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officers · AP01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA01
2019-12-09