INDEPENDENT PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED

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SC135111 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£10.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,528

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Assets
£38
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£11kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£10.5k£9.6k
Current assets£38£32
Net assets£10.5k£9.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-12-30
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  3. 2024-12-28
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  4. 2023-12-29
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  5. 2022-12-31
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  6. 2021-10-31
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  7. 2020-10-30
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  8. 2019-12-23
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  9. 2018-10-31
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  10. 2017-12-28
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  11. 2016-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-08
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    certificate-re-registration-public-limited-company-to-private
    change-of-name · CERT10
  13. 2016-03-08
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    re-registration-memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MAR
  14. 2016-03-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2016-03-08
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    reregistration-public-to-private-company
    change-of-name · RR02
  16. 2015-01-04
    ➖
    BOWES-LYON, David James resigned
    director
  17. 1993-08-13
    ➕
    BOWES-LYON, David James appointed
    director
  18. 1993-08-09
    ➕
    BANKIER, Ian Patrick appointed
    director
  19. 1993-08-09
    ➖
    BAILLIE, Douglas Robert Gordon resigned
    director
  20. 1992-03-30
    ➕
    FRASER, Alexander Neill Macgregor appointed
    secretary
  21. 1992-03-30
    ➕
    FRASER, Alexander Neill Macgregor appointed
    director
  22. 1992-03-30
    ➖
    BROWN, Alan resigned
    secretary
  23. 1992-03-06
    ➕
    BROWN, Alan appointed
    secretary
  24. 1991-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As INDEPENDENT PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED
  25. 1991-03-06
    ➕
    BAILLIE, Douglas Robert Gordon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +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.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Neill Macgregor Fraser
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated1991-11-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC65300 — Pension funding

Registered office

Claremont Cottage
Strathkinness
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 8NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

FRASER, Alexander Neill Macgregor→
secretary · appointed 1992-03-30
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Active
BANKIER, Ian Patrick→
director · ~74y · appointed 1993-08-09
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Active
FRASER, Alexander Neill Macgregor→
director · ~70y · appointed 1992-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Alan→
secretary · appointed 1992-03-06 · resigned 1992-03-30
Resigned
BAILLIE, Douglas Robert Gordon→
director · ~82y · appointed 1991-03-06 · resigned 1993-08-09
Resigned
BOWES-LYON, David James→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-08-13 · resigned 2015-01-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (119 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12