EAGLE COURIERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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SC092113 · ltd · incorporated 1985-03-11

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 35.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 53201

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.5y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 35.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,024,122

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Profit before tax	£1.02M	—
Average employees	50	5300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-03-09
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address · AD01
2023-02-28
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-02-09
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mortgage · MR04
2021-02-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-02-05
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accounts · AA
2019-07-05
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officers · TM01
2019-07-05
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officers · TM02
2019-06-21
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STEWART, Jerry Brown resigned
secretary
2019-06-21
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STEWART, Jerry Brown resigned
director
2019-03-04
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accounts · AA
2018-02-14
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accounts · AA
2017-11-08
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address · AD01
2016-12-13
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accounts · AA
2016-12-01
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DEAS, Fiona Lindsay resigned
secretary
2016-12-01
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STEWART, Jerry Brown appointed
secretary
2016-12-01
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officers · AP03
2014-08-25
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MACPHERSON, Graham resigned
director
2012-02-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-01-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2006-02-01
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DEAS, Fiona Lindsay appointed
director
2006-02-01
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BENNETT, John Blair resigned
secretary
2006-02-01
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DEAS, Fiona Lindsay appointed
secretary
2006-02-01
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BENNETT, David Blair resigned
director
2006-02-01
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BENNETT, John Blair resigned
director
2006-02-01
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MACPHERSON, Graham appointed
director
2006-02-01
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STEWART, Jerry Brown appointed
director
1991-01-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1985-03-11
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Company incorporated
As EAGLE COURIERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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

clean

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

Group structure

Eagle Couriers (Holdings) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Eagle Couriers (Holdings) Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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EAGLE COURIERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

This company · SC092113

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Eagle Couriers (Holdings) Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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A WILLIAMSON HAULAGE LIMITED→ SC306338 · est 2006	—	—	£1.36M	—	19y	82	78y
A. JOHNSTONE HAULAGE LTD.→ SC283850 · est 2005	—	—	£512.2k	—	21y	82	62y
ANDREW BLACK LIMITED→ SC224735 · est 2001	—	—	£3.88M	—	24y	82	64y
BROUGHTON REMOVALS LIMITED→ SC181756 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	82	83y
CHAUFFEUR DRIVE SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC394052 · est 2011	—	—	£283.1k	—	15y	82	65y
DEREK HEEPS LIMITED→ SC167126 · est 1996	—	—	—	3500	30y	82	63y
DUNBAR REMOVALS AND STORAGE LTD.→ SC165409 · est 1996	—	—	—	13	30y	82	71y
E & M HORSBURGH LIMITED→ SC205341 · est 2000	—	—	—	—	26y	82	66y
G.P.S. (EUROPE) LIMITED→ SC136694 · est 1992	—	—	£990.1k	—	34y	82	74y
GORDON CONNOR HAULAGE LIMITED→ SC260191 · est 2003	—	—	—	100	22y	82	63y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1985-03-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC53201 — SIC 53201

Registered office

2 Inchmuir Road

Whitehill Industrial Estate

Bathgate

EH48 2EP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

DEAS, Fiona Lindsay→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-02-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BENNETT, John Blair→

secretary · resigned 2006-02-01

Resigned

DEAS, Fiona Lindsay→

secretary · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2016-12-01

Resigned

STEWART, Jerry Brown→

secretary · appointed 2016-12-01 · resigned 2019-06-21

Resigned

BENNETT, David Blair→

director · ~77y · resigned 2006-02-01

Resigned

BENNETT, John Blair→

director · ~82y · resigned 2006-02-01

Resigned

MACPHERSON, Graham→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2014-08-25

Resigned

STEWART, Jerry Brown→

director · ~74y · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2019-06-21

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	06/01/2012	09/02/2021
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture floating charge	1 property	31/01/1991	11/02/2012

Recent filings (122 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-11-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-02-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-01

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-03-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-03-21

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-02-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2020-02-05