SCOTPHONE ICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC434355 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-09

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£193.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £193,036

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£50k

Net Worth

£193k

Current Assets

£279k

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£232.2k	—
Current assets	£279.2k	—
Cash	£50.3k	—
Debtors	£185.4k	—
Net assets	£193.0k	—
Average employees	—	400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2024-11-28
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2022-12-05
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2021-12-20
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2021-02-01
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2019-12-12
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2018-10-10
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2018-10-10
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2018-09-18
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2017-10-23
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2014-10-09
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2013-03-04
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LEWIS, Rosemary Weston appointed
director
2013-03-04
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LINTON, Mark Henry appointed
director
2013-03-04
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MCFARLANE, Peter resigned
director
2012-10-09
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Company incorporated
As SCOTPHONE ICS LIMITED
2012-10-09
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MCFARLANE, Peter appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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
Ms Rosemary Margaret Weston-Lewis Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	09/10/2016
Mr Mark Henry Linton Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	09/10/2016

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

Incorporated2012-10-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

Ics House

Meikle Road

Livingston

West Lothian

EH54 7DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LEWIS, Rosemary Weston→

director · ~69y · appointed 2013-03-04

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LINTON, Mark Henry→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-03-04

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MCFARLANE, Peter→

director · ~73y · appointed 2012-10-09 · resigned 2013-03-04

Resigned

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