SCOTMAS BIOSECURITY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC658016 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-23
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 4.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£649.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 4.9y

60/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Charge age ~4.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £649,242
Net assets shrinking
Down £407,500 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£649k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£379k£757k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£766.4k£1.20M
Current assets£1.83M£1.89M
Cash£1.5k—
Debtors£1.68M£1.70M
Net assets£649.2k£1.06M

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
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 (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2024-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-09-01
    ➕
    HAZELHURST, Russell appointed
    director
  7. 2023-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-09-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  11. 2021-08-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2021-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Factors International Limited
  13. 2020-03-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCOTMAS BIOSECURITY LIMITED
  14. 2020-03-23
    ➕
    CAMERON, Alistair Peter appointed
    director
  15. 2020-03-23
    ➕
    CAMERON, Ewan Kenneth appointed
    director
  16. 2020-03-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Scotmas Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Scotmas Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SCOTMAS BIOSECURITY LIMITED
This company · SC658016

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scotmas Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/03/2020

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
Incorporated2020-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Scotmas Buildings Solomon Way
Pinnaclehill Industrial Estate
Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 8AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CAMERON, Alistair Peter→
director · ~49y · appointed 2020-03-23
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Active
CAMERON, Ewan Kenneth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-03-23
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Active
HAZELHURST, Russell→
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-09-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property11/09/2021—
outstanding
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Factors International Limited
A registered charge—30/07/2021—
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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20