EMBLATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC346874 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-11

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28490

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 2.0y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

94 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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accounts · AA
2026-03-16
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-16
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officers · TM01
2026-02-01
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ATKINSON, James Gregory resigned
director
2025-05-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-19
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officers · AP01
2025-04-30
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SNOWIE, Malcolm Mcdonald appointed
director
2025-01-22
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accounts · AA
2025-01-06
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accounts · AA01
2024-12-19
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BEALE, Gary resigned
director
2024-12-19
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MCERLEAN, Eamon resigned
director
2024-12-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-03
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officers · AP01
2024-12-02
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officers · AP01
2024-12-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-01
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MCKENNA, Alan David appointed
director
2024-12-01
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STEVENS, Ian Herbert appointed
director
2024-12-01
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WILLIAMSON, Jonathan Mark Piper resigned
director
2024-05-13
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mortgage · MR01
2024-05-08
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mortgage · MR01
2024-05-03
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
2024-05-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
2024-04-22
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2024-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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address · AD01
2024-01-15
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address · AD01
2024-01-15
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address · AD01
2024-01-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-21
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POPE, Rory Christian Robert appointed
director
2021-05-21
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ATKINSON, James Gregory appointed
director
2021-05-21
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WILLIAMSON, Jonathan Mark Piper appointed
director
2009-06-05
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LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur appointed
director
2008-08-11
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Company incorporated
As EMBLATION LIMITED
2008-08-11
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BEALE, Gary appointed
director
2008-08-11
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MCERLEAN, Eamon appointed
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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.)

Group structure

Apposite Healthcare Ii Gp Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Apposite Healthcare Ii Gp Llp

Corporate parent

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EMBLATION LIMITED

This company · SC346874

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Apposite Healthcare Ii Gp Llp Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	21/05/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Gary Bealeceased 21/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2008-08-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC28490 — SIC 28490

Registered office

Emblation House

Castle Business Park

Stirling

FK9 4TS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31