SAFER SCOTLAND LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC526884 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-15
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 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£12.22M
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 80200Security systems service activities
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 9.4y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,484,609
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 | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12.22M | — |
| Gross profit | £6.33M | — |
| Operating profit | £1.53M | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.48M | — |
| Total assets | — | £4.29M |
| Current assets | — | £3.58M |
| Cash | — | £77.5k |
| Debtors | — | £3.15M |
| Net assets | — | £3.40M |
| Average employees | 6600 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-24➕RUSSELL, Alastair Whitaker appointeddirector
- 2024-04-02➖CLARK, Francine resignedsecretary
- 2024-04-02📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-12➕BUNTING, Philip John appointeddirector
- 2023-06-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-05📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2022-05-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-04-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2021-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-07📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-06-15➕CLARK, Francine appointedsecretary
- 2021-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-12-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2016-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs SAFER SCOTLAND LTD
- 2016-02-15➕CLARK, Ryan Edward Marshall appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
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.
- 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ryan Edward Marshall Clark Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 14/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900
Registered office
Units 1-2 Building C
Kelburn Business Park
Port Glasgow
PA14 6BL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BUNTING, Philip John→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2023-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Ryan Edward Marshall→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2016-02-15
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RUSSELL, Alastair Whitaker→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2024-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Francine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-06-15 · resigned 2024-04-02
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/04/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/12/2016 | 03/03/2021 |
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29