JOHN SCOTT MEAT (PAISLEY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC100408 · ltd · incorporated 1986-08-06
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 39.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£3.21M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,206,807

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£879k
Net Worth
£3.2m
Current Assets
£4.0m
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-26
Total assets£3.48M
Current assets£4.01M
Cash£879.2k
Debtors£2.30M
Net assets£3.21M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-04-04
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  3. 2024-04-03
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  4. 2023-04-11
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  5. 2022-03-31
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  6. 2021-06-10
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  7. 2021-06-02
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  8. 2020-09-03
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  9. 2019-06-04
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  10. 2018-06-05
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  11. 2017-05-26
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  12. 2016-05-13
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  13. 2015-11-24
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  14. 2015-06-02
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  15. 2014-10-29
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  16. 2014-10-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  17. 2007-07-09
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    SCOTT, Hazel Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2007-07-09
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    SCOTT, James Mitchell appointed
    director
  19. 2007-07-09
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    SCOTT, Elsie Crawford resigned
    director
  20. 2007-07-09
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    SCOTT, John resigned
    director
  21. 2004-01-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2002-08-08
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1992-02-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 1986-11-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 1986-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN SCOTT MEAT (PAISLEY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SCOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Mitchell Scott
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Miss Hazel Anne Scott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1986-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

The Abattoir
Sandyford Road
Paisley
PA3 4HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-26
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Hazel Anne→
secretary
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Active
SCOTT, Hazel Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-07-09
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Active
SCOTT, James Mitchell→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-07-09
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Active
SCOTT, Elsie Crawford→
director · ~87y · resigned 2007-07-09
Resigned
SCOTT, John→
director · ~92y · resigned 2007-07-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property08/08/200202/10/2014
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property26/02/1992—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property18/11/198609/01/2004
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Recent filings (99 total)

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2026-03-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
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accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-25