SCOTT INVESTMENTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC441313 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-28
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
—
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£1.29M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,292,155
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£258k£517k£775k£1.0m£1.3mJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£1.29M£1.26M
Current assets£1.13M£1.10M
Cash£1.13M£898.9k
Debtors—£200.0k
Net assets£1.29M£1.26M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2025-03-27
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  3. 2024-05-09
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-17
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-30
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  6. 2022-05-30
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  7. 2022-02-02
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  8. 2021-02-01
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-21
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  10. 2020-09-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-09-18
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  12. 2020-02-03
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  13. 2019-11-26
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  14. 2019-11-26
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  15. 2019-02-11
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  16. 2013-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTT INVESTMENTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  17. 2013-01-28
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Ian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Natasha Buckle
Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/05/2022
Mr Daniel Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/09/2020
Mr Ian Beattie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Mary Beattieceased 30/05/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Miss Chelsea Beattieceased 21/09/2020· 25-50% shares
  • Miss Chelsea Beattieceased 26/09/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2013-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

10 Jarvie Road
Redding
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK2 9FD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last: 2025-05-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BEATTIE, Ian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-01-28
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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-09-21