OAT SCOTLAND LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC647407 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-18
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-172.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £172,369
Net assets shrinking
Down £195,229 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
Net Worth
-£172k
↓ 854% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £22.9k |
| Current assets | — | £34.3k |
| Cash | £14.0k | — |
| Net assets | £-172.4k | £22.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-23📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2025-04-15📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2025-03-28📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2025-03-27📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-12➕DALE, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2024-04-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-12-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-12-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-11-28➕BARTON, Josh appointedsecretary
- 2022-11-28➖HORNE, Philip David Macdonald resignedsecretary
- 2022-11-28➖HORNE, Philip David Macdonald resigneddirector
- 2022-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs OAT SCOTLAND LTD
- 2019-11-18➕BARTON, Josh appointeddirector
- 2019-11-18➕HORNE, Philip David Macdonald appointedsecretary
- 2019-11-18➕HORNE, Philip David Macdonald appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Josh Barton Individual · American · DOB 06/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/11/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Robert Daleceased 28/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Philip David Macdonald Horneceased 28/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 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
Incorporated2019-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890
Registered office
The Mart
Station Road
East Linton
EH40 3DN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BARTON, Josh→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2019-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DALE, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2024-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HORNE, Philip David Macdonald→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-11-18 · resigned 2022-11-28
HORNE, Philip David Macdonald→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2019-11-18 · resigned 2022-11-28
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Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-04-15
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-28
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-12-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-14