SCOTT FRASER HSSE SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC422456 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-23

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£-18.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £18,821

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£19k

↑ 7.2% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 42% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£-18.8k	£-20.3k
Current assets	£6.0k	£4.2k
Net assets	£-18.8k	£-20.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-11-04
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2023-08-25
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2022-08-22
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2021-11-09
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2020-12-18
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2019-10-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-28
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officers · CH01
2019-10-28
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officers · CH01
2019-10-28
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2019-04-25
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2019-04-25
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2019-04-12
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2018-06-29
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2017-05-01
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FERRIER, Barbara Ann appointed
director
2012-04-23
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Company incorporated
As SCOTT FRASER HSSE SERVICES LTD
2012-04-23
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FRASER, Scott Dow appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FRASER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Barbara Ann Ferrier Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016
Mr Scott Dow Fraser Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2012-04-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 Grants Wynd

Bridgefoot

Dundee

Angus

DD3 0RZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-07

Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FERRIER, Barbara Ann→

director · ~53y · appointed 2017-05-01

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Active

FRASER, Scott Dow→

director · ~58y · appointed 2012-04-23

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