SCOTBODS LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-12📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2018-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-05-18🏢Company incorporatedAs SCOTBODS LIMITED
- 2010-05-18➕BODEN, Gerald appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gerald Kelse Boden Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Louise Boden Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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