SCOTSAFE SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC654000 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,673
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 137% YoY
Current Assets
£92k
↑ 91% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£12k£8k£29k£50k£71k£92kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£97.9k£40.9k
Current assets£92.1k£48.1k
Cash£13.9k£15.9k
Debtors£78.1k£32.3k
Net assets£4.7k£-12.5k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-05
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-01-05
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-05
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  7. 2024-01-05
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-01-04
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  9. 2024-01-04
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  10. 2024-01-04
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-01-04
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  12. 2024-01-04
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    address · AD01
  13. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-10-10
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2022-02-09
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  17. 2022-02-09
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  18. 2021-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-04-29
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-04-20
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    MACKENZIE, Caroline Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2020-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTSAFE SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2020-02-10
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    MACKENZIE, Fraser Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Fraser Alan Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1983 · age 43
50–75%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/02/2020
Mrs Caroline Louise Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2021

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
Incorporated2020-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

61 Montrose Avenue
Auldearn
Highland
IV12 5TT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Caroline Louise→
director · ~45y · appointed 2021-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKENZIE, Fraser Alan→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-04