UNICONN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC587754 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-05

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

—

year to Jul 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 8.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Average employees	2000	1500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-02-11
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mortgage · MR01
2026-02-09
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Close Brothers Limited
2025-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
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MARSHALL, John Ferguson appointed
director
2023-02-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-09
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Regency Trade Finance Limited
2021-04-15
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-14
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Regency Trade Finance Limited
2021-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-01-06
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-08-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-01
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MACLEOD, Michael Fraser appointed
secretary
2020-08-01
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MACLEOD, Michael Fraser appointed
director
2020-07-14
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LAWSON, Nicola Marian appointed
director
2020-07-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-07-02
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LAWSON, John James appointed
director
2020-07-02
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MACLEOD, Michael Fraser resigned
secretary
2020-07-02
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GOODLAD, John Hutchison resigned
director
2020-07-02
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MACLEOD, Michael Fraser resigned
director
2020-07-02
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MARPLES, Steven Trevor resigned
director
2020-07-02
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PARK, Barry Michael resigned
director
2020-07-02
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PARK, Michael resigned
director
2020-06-29
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-03-27
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CURRIE, Marc resigned
director
2019-10-29
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Easy Invoice Finance Limited
2018-09-10
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CURRIE, Marc appointed
director
2018-09-10
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GOODLAD, John Hutchison appointed
director
2018-09-10
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MARPLES, Steven Trevor appointed
director
2018-09-10
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PARK, Michael appointed
director
2018-09-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-08-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Cavendish Investments (Manchester) Limited
2018-02-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bibby Invoice Discounting Limited
2018-02-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Uniconn Limited (In Administration)
2018-02-05
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Company incorporated
As UNICONN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2018-02-05
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MACLEOD, Michael Fraser appointed
secretary
2018-02-05
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MACLEOD, Michael Fraser appointed
director
2018-02-05
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PARK, Barry Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John James Lawson Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	02/07/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Oem (Group) Scotlandceased 02/07/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest

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.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2018-02-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Uniconn Building Blackness Avenue

Altens Industrial Estate

Aberdeen

AB12 3PG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-18

Last: 2026-02-04