SCOTTISH CANADIAN TRUST. LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC006394 · ltd · incorporated 1907-01-16
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
26 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-09-24📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-06-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-25➕HALL, Alan Richard Finden appointeddirector
- 2020-06-25➕THOMSON, John Sidney appointeddirector
- 2020-06-25➖THOMSON, Lewis Murray resigneddirector
- 2020-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-22📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-02-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-02-20➕MCALLISTER, Tracey Ann appointedsecretary
- 2019-02-20➖DOUGLAS, Irene resignedsecretary
- 2018-10-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-11-07➖THOMSON, Brian Harold resigneddirector
- 2004-07-16➖THOMSON, Alastair Gordon resigneddirector
- 2002-06-20➕DOUGLAS, Irene appointedsecretary
- 2002-06-20➖HOLLAND, Ronald Mortimer resignedsecretary
- 2002-01-17➖THOMSON, Derek Ballance resigneddirector
- 1997-06-19➕THOMSON, Christopher Harold William appointeddirector
- 1995-11-06➕HOLLAND, Ronald Mortimer appointedsecretary
- 1995-10-27➖MCDOUGALL, Allister resignedsecretary
- 1907-01-16🏢Company incorporatedAs SCOTTISH CANADIAN TRUST. LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 119 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1907-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Registered office
22 Meadowside
Dundee
DD1 1LN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12
Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)
MCALLISTER, Tracey Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HALL, Alan Richard Finden→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2020-06-25
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Active
THOMSON, Christopher Harold William→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 1997-06-19
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THOMSON, John Sidney→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-06-25
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DOUGLAS, Irene→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2019-02-20
HOLLAND, Ronald Mortimer→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-11-06 · resigned 2002-06-20
MCDOUGALL, Allister→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-10-27
THOMSON, Alastair Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2004-07-16
THOMSON, Brian Harold→
Resigneddirector · ~108y · resigned 2006-11-07
THOMSON, Derek Ballance→
Resigneddirector · ~104y · resigned 2002-01-17
THOMSON, Lewis Murray→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2020-06-25
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Recent filings (107 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-26