AEP (SCOTLAND) LTD.

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SC378869 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-20

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£1.01M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45310

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,014,685

Cash YoY

+1758%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£123k

↑ 1758% YoY

Net Worth

£1.0m

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£1.2m

↑ 4.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£1.04M	£931.4k
Current assets	£1.24M	£1.18M
Cash	£123.2k	£6.6k
Debtors	£495.4k	£617.9k
Net assets	£1.01M	£906.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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2024-09-25
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2023-09-29
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2022-07-28
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2021-09-24
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2020-09-15
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2019-09-30
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2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-10-03
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MCADAM, Kacie resigned
director
2017-10-03
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officers · TM01
2017-09-29
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accounts · AA
2016-10-03
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accounts · AA
2016-06-20
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2015-10-07
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accounts · AA
2015-06-16
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2013-11-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2013-11-13
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MCADAM, Colin appointed
secretary
2010-05-27
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MCADAM, Kacie appointed
director
2010-05-20
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Company incorporated
As AEP (SCOTLAND) LTD.
2010-05-20
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MCADAM, Aileen Jane appointed
director
2010-05-20
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MCADAM, Colin appointed
director
2010-05-20
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-05-20
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-05-20
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-05-20
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Kcm Holdings (Scotland) Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kcm Holdings (Scotland) Ltd.

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AEP (SCOTLAND) LTD.

This company · SC378869

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kcm Holdings (Scotland) Ltd. Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Colin Mcadam Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Aileen Jane Mcadam Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-05-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

Unit 2, No 1 Alleysbank Road

Rutherglen

Glasgow

G73 1LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCADAM, Colin→

secretary · appointed 2013-11-13

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Active

MCADAM, Aileen Jane→

director · ~64y · appointed 2010-05-20

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Active

MCADAM, Colin→

director · ~64y · appointed 2010-05-20

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-05-20 · resigned 2010-05-20

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-05-20 · resigned 2010-05-20

Resigned

MCADAM, Kacie→

director · ~34y · appointed 2010-05-27 · resigned 2017-10-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	14/11/2013	—

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