COTTAGE CARE SERVICES SCOTLAND LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC413396 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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, 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-21➕AMIN, Fahid appointeddirector
- 2023-02-21➖MOONEY, Patricia resigneddirector
- 2022-07-12📄second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-dateannual-return · RP04AR01
- 2022-07-12📄second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-dateannual-return · RP04AR01
- 2022-07-12📄second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-dateannual-return · RP04AR01
- 2022-07-12📄second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-dateannual-return · RP04AR01
- 2022-07-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-05-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-05-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-05-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-27➖GALBRAITH, Margaret resigneddirector
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-12-19🏢Company incorporatedAs COTTAGE CARE SERVICES SCOTLAND LIMITED
- 2011-12-19➕GALBRAITH, Margaret appointeddirector
- 2011-12-19➕MOONEY, Patricia appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 |
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Mr Fahid Amin Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/02/2023 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Patricia Mooneyceased 21/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Margaret Galbraithceased 27/04/2022· 25-50% shares
- Patricia Mooneyceased 27/04/2022· 25-50% shares
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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Registered office
First Floor
110 Roxburgh Street
Greenock
PA15 4JT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GALBRAITH, Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2011-12-19 · resigned 2022-04-27
MOONEY, Patricia→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2011-12-19 · resigned 2023-02-21
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Recent filings (47 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2022-07-12
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2022-07-12
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2022-07-12