AJ SCOTT LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC377267 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £135.5k |
| Current assets | — | £120.3k |
| Net assets | — | £94.5k |
| Average employees | 1400 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-03➖SCOTT, Alastair Brown resigneddirector
- 2024-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-11-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-09-07➕SCOTT, Colin James appointeddirector
- 2010-04-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AJ SCOTT LTD.
- 2010-04-21➕SCOTT, June Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2010-04-21➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-04-21➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-04-21➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2010-04-21➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
- 2010-04-21➕SCOTT, Alastair Brown appointeddirector
Owner dependency
99/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "SCOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Colin James Scott Individual · British · DOB 08/1992 · age 34 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/06/2022 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
The Scotts
Wood Street
Grangemouth
FK3 8PP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
SCOTT, Colin James→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2016-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCOTT, June Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2010-04-21
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2010-04-21
SCOTT, Alastair Brown→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2024-06-03
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Recent filings (51 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-08