SCOT ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

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SC427492 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-03
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-23.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £23,573
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£24k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£24k-£16k-£9k-£2k£5k£12kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-17.7k£-17.4k
Current assets£12.4k£12.4k
Cash£1£1
Debtors£12.4k£12.4k
Net assets£-23.6k£-23.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-22
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2024-10-15
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  6. 2024-09-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-20
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Michael John Stuart appointed
    director
  9. 2023-11-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-05-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-08-01
    ➖
    RAMSAY, Michael John Stuart resigned
    director
  14. 2022-07-28
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Sophie Samantha Claire appointed
    director
  15. 2022-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-08-29
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-08-27
    ➖
    MANN, Elaine resigned
    director
  18. 2021-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-11-28
    ➕
    MANN, Elaine appointed
    director
  22. 2019-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-07-10
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  24. 2017-05-01
    ➖
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2012-07-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCOT ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  26. 2012-07-03
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Susannah Amy appointed
    secretary
  27. 2012-07-03
    ➕
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2012-07-03
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Michael John Stuart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — RAMSAY, Sophie Samantha Claire (same surname) appointed 2022-07-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-02-06: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael John Stuart Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-07-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Seaview
Findhorn
Forres
IV36 3YE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RAMSAY, Susannah Amy→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSAY, Michael John Stuart→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSAY, Sophie Samantha Claire→
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-07-03 · resigned 2017-05-01
Resigned
MANN, Elaine→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-11-28 · resigned 2021-08-27
Resigned
RAMSAY, Michael John Stuart→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-07-03 · resigned 2022-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-22
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2024-10-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12