SCOTTISH PELAGIC PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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SC059708 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1976-03-31

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

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

43 officers (11 active, 43 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

163 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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
Average employees	0	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (78 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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2025-12-10
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officers · TM01
2025-11-19
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CROAN, Patrick Michael resigned
director
2024-12-24
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officers · AP01
2024-12-24
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2024-12-24
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officers · AP01
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
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ANGUS, John Keith Hector appointed
director
2024-12-11
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DAVIE, Graeme John appointed
director
2024-12-11
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GIBLIN, Andrew William appointed
director
2024-11-21
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officers · CH01
2024-11-21
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officers · TM01
2024-10-21
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LEIPER, Simon Neil Andrew resigned
director
2024-01-26
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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officers · TM01
2022-01-24
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officers · CH04
2022-01-07
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CROAN, Martin James resigned
director
2021-12-24
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accounts · AA
2021-12-01
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officers · CH01
2021-12-01
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officers · TM01
2021-11-22
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ANDERSON, Christopher resigned
director
2021-04-06
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accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-08-13
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officers · TM01
2019-08-07
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MCFADDEN, Ian Andrew resigned
director
2019-05-02
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DUTHIE, Richard Alexander appointed
director
2019-05-02
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MCKENZIE, Scott Keith appointed
director
2017-05-04
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COLLINS, Dominic James resigned
director
2016-09-20
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TAIT, John resigned
director
2016-07-08
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PILLAR, Andrew Charles appointed
director
2014-11-26
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COLLINS, Dominic James appointed
director
2014-11-26
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STAPLEY, Andrew William resigned
director
2014-08-19
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BRUCE, George Alexander resigned
director
2014-03-18
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GIBSON, Stuart resigned
director
2014-03-11
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STAPLEY, Andrew William appointed
director
2012-03-12
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BANKS, Sinclair William appointed
director
2012-03-12
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GIBSON, Stuart appointed
director
2011-11-30
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LEIPER, Simon Neil Andrew appointed
director
2011-09-30
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-09-30
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DAVIES WOOD SUMMERS LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-03-17
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TURNER, Richard resigned
director
2008-02-29
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ROBERTSON, Adrian resigned
director
2008-02-01
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LEEDHAM, Edward Mcmillan resigned
secretary
2008-02-01
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DAVIES WOOD SUMMERS LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-10-10
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BOWEN, Nicholas Gareth resigned
director
2007-10-10
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KIDD, Frank Tocher resigned
director
2007-10-10
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TAIT, John appointed
director
2006-05-03
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TAYLOR, Maurice resigned
director
2006-04-21
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LEIPER, Simon Neil Andrew resigned
director

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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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1976-03-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

Brodies House

31 - 33 Union Grove

Aberdeen

AB10 6SD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20