SCARLETT LAND & DEVELOPMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC716637 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-02
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£13.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,833
Cash YoY
+226%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£721k
↑ 226% YoY
Net Worth
£14k
↑ 106308% YoY
Current Assets
£727k
↑ 227% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£145k£291k£436k£581k£727kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£13.8k£13
Current assets£726.8k£222.0k
Cash£720.9k£221.1k
Debtors£5.8k£900
Net assets£13.8k£13

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-09-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2022-09-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2021-12-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCARLETT LAND & DEVELOPMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  8. 2021-12-02
    SCARLETT, Susannah Lucy, Dr appointed
    director
  9. 2021-12-02
    SCARLETT, William David Campbell appointed
    director
  10. 2021-12-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 "SCARLETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 William David Campbell Scarlett
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
75100%
75-100% shares02/12/2021

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
Incorporated2021-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Ainslie Place
Edinburgh
EH3 6AT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SCARLETT, Susannah Lucy, Dr
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-12-02
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Active
SCARLETT, William David Campbell
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-12-02
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-02