ELGIN SELF STORAGE LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC808313 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-25
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (63/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ELGIN SELF STORAGE LIMITED
- 2024-04-25➕HARPER, Donna Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2024-04-25➕HARPER, Aileen appointeddirector
- 2024-04-25➕HARPER, Donna Margaret appointeddirector
- 2024-04-25➕HARPER, Douglas appointeddirector
- 2024-04-25➕HARPER, Stuart appointeddirector
- 2024-04-25📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
61/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| FISHERMAN DIRECT LTD.→ SC399506 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
S&D Harper Ltd
Edgar Road
Elgin
IV30 6YQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08
Last: 2025-04-24
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
HARPER, Donna Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2024-04-25
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HARPER, Aileen→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-04-25
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HARPER, Donna Margaret→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-04-25
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HARPER, Douglas→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2024-04-25
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HARPER, Stuart→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-04-25
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Recent filings (3 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-25