SHOT SCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC493535 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26400
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.8y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
85 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 32 | 2800 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (41 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-03-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-11📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2024-07-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-05-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-04-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-03-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-03-01➕DAVIES, Evan Mervyn, Lord appointeddirector
- 2024-02-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-02-01➖LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur resigneddirector
- 2024-01-29📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2024-01-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-01-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-01-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-18➖BENFORD, Julie resigneddirector
- 2023-10-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-12-08➖JONES, Robat resigneddirector
- 2022-12-01➕BENFORD, Julie appointeddirector
- 2022-11-01➕ROBINSON, Mark Edmund appointeddirector
- 2022-07-31➖RITCHIE, Ian Cleland resigneddirector
- 2022-03-31➕BARKER, Adam appointeddirector
- 2021-07-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2021-07-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2020-05-15➖BUCKIE, James William, Dr resigneddirector
- 2017-09-25➕JONES, Robat appointeddirector
- 2017-06-13➕RITCHIE, Ian Cleland appointeddirector
- 2016-06-17➕LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur appointeddirector
- 2016-06-17➖LOCK, Neil Howard resigneddirector
- 2015-07-20➕LOCK, Neil Howard appointeddirector
- 2015-06-30➕BUCKIE, James William, Dr appointeddirector
- 2014-12-16🏢Company incorporatedAs SHOT SCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- 2014-12-16➕HUNTER, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26400 — SIC 26400
Registered office
1a Nairn Road
Deans
Livingston
EH54 8AY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12
Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)
BARKER, Adam→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2022-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIES, Evan Mervyn, Lord→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2024-03-01
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HUNTER, David→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2014-12-16
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ROBINSON, Mark Edmund→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2022-11-01
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BENFORD, Julie→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2022-12-01 · resigned 2023-10-18
BUCKIE, James William, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2015-06-30 · resigned 2020-05-15
JONES, Robat→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2017-09-25 · resigned 2022-12-08
LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2016-06-17 · resigned 2024-02-01
LOCK, Neil Howard→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2015-07-20 · resigned 2016-06-17
RITCHIE, Ian Cleland→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2017-06-13 · resigned 2022-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/07/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/07/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (85 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-23
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2024-07-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-07-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-25