PATERSON GROUP SCOTLAND LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC637393 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-30
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.
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees6500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-08-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-05-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-05-18
    ➕
    DAILEY, Thomas Anthony appointed
    director
  12. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As PATERSON GROUP SCOTLAND LTD
  15. 2019-07-30
    ➕
    PATERSON, Elliot Russell Longmuir appointed
    director
  16. 2019-07-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Elliot Russell Longmuir Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1998 · age 28
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

85 High Street
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 1AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAILEY, Thomas Anthony→
director · ~74y · appointed 2021-05-18
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Active
PATERSON, Elliot Russell Longmuir→
director · ~28y · appointed 2019-07-30
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-19