SCOTSMILL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC511228 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-20
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 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.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 100 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2026-01-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-01-08📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-01-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-08-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-01➕JAMIESON, Betsy Elizabeth Middleton appointeddirector
- 2024-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-20🏢Company incorporatedAs SCOTSMILL LIMITED
- 2015-07-20➕JAMIESON, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr David Jamieson Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
3 Scotsmill Place
Hillend
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 9GN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
JAMIESON, Betsy Elizabeth Middleton→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2024-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JAMIESON, David→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2015-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-01-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-01-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22