ECOGUARD (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC726777 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81222Specialised cleaning services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 2 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£46.9k
Current assets£25.5k
Net assets£20.9k
Average employees3

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 capital
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  2. 2026-01-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-03-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-03-06
    ALLAN, Matthew Charles appointed
    director
  8. 2024-03-06
    ALLAN, Violet Mary appointed
    director
  9. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ECOGUARD (SCOTLAND) LTD
  11. 2022-03-18
    ALLAN, Charles appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ALLAN, Matthew Charles (same surname) appointed 2024-03-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Allan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control18/03/2022

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
Incorporated2022-03-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Foundry Place
Monifieth
Dundee
DD5 4BB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ALLAN, Charles
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-03-18
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Active
ALLAN, Matthew Charles
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-03-06
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Active
ALLAN, Violet Mary
director · ~70y · appointed 2024-03-06
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Recent filings (11 total)

capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-01-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-18