SCALLAFIELD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC424902 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-25
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 35140SIC 35140
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400400

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-24
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  3. 2023-03-31
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  4. 2022-07-04
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  6. 2021-08-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-19
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    ANDERSON, Nathan Anthony appointed
    director
  9. 2021-02-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2017-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-06-29
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    ANDERSON, Anthony Maurice appointed
    director
  18. 2012-06-29
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Brian Grant appointed
    director
  19. 2012-06-29
    ➕
    ANDERSON, George Brian appointed
    director
  20. 2012-06-29
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    HOLMES, Malcolm Brian resigned
    director
  21. 2012-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As SCALLAFIELD LIMITED
  22. 2012-05-25
    ➕
    HOLMES, Malcolm Brian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-05-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Westby
64 West High Street
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, Anthony Maurice→
director · ~77y · appointed 2012-06-29
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Active
ANDERSON, Brian Grant→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-06-29
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Active
ANDERSON, George Brian→
director · ~82y · appointed 2012-06-29
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Active
ANDERSON, Nathan Anthony→
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-02-19
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Active
HOLMES, Malcolm Brian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-05-25 · resigned 2012-06-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-08-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-17