BORDER COURIERS SCOTLAND LIMITED

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SC465330 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-06
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£359.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £359,540
Cash draining
Cash down 74% YoY
Cash YoY
-74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£46k
↓ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£360k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£136k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£72k£144k£216k£288k£360kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£359.5k£266.8k
Current assets£136.0k£257.0k
Cash£45.8k£176.0k
Debtors£-33.2k£-42.3k
Net assets£359.5k£266.8k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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  2. 2024-11-01
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  3. 2024-03-07
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  4. 2024-03-07
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  5. 2024-03-07
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  6. 2024-03-07
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  7. 2023-10-31
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  8. 2022-10-10
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  9. 2021-11-01
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  10. 2020-09-01
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  11. 2019-11-14
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  12. 2019-07-17
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  13. 2018-07-09
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  14. 2017-07-18
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  15. 2017-03-06
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  16. 2017-03-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  17. 2016-09-07
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  18. 2015-12-09
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  19. 2014-02-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  20. 2013-12-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BORDER COURIERS SCOTLAND LIMITED
  21. 2013-12-06
    ➕
    AIRD, Gwen Beatrice appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-12-06
    ➕
    AIRD, Andrew Stuart appointed
    director
  23. 2013-12-06
    ➕
    AIRD, Gwen Beatrice appointed
    director
  24. 2013-12-06
    ➕
    AIRD, Stuart Buchanan 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Stuart Aird
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1972 · age 54
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-12-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

23 Lothian Terrace
Newtongrange
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 4QL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

AIRD, Gwen Beatrice→
secretary · appointed 2013-12-06
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Active
AIRD, Andrew Stuart→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-12-06
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Active
AIRD, Gwen Beatrice→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-12-06
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Active
AIRD, Stuart Buchanan→
director · ~83y · appointed 2013-12-06
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge7 properties03/03/201707/03/2024
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property06/02/201407/03/2024

Recent filings (30 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-28
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accounts · AA
2025-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
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accounts · AA
2024-11-01
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mortgage · MR04
2024-03-07
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mortgage · MR04
2024-03-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
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accounts · AA
2021-11-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-11
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accounts · AA
2020-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17