AMCOL SCOTLAND LIMITED

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SC162633 · ltd · incorporated 1996-01-12

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 29.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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

1 live charge · oldest 29.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 29.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (6 active, 23 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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officers · CH01
2026-01-09
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officers · AP01
2026-01-08
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officers · TM01
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-12-08
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SMITH, Matthew Taylor appointed
director
2025-12-08
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CLARK, Iain Anthony resigned
director
2024-10-25
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accounts · AA
2024-09-09
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officers · TM01
2024-06-25
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JARVIE, Moira Jean resigned
director
2024-02-07
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officers · AP01
2024-02-07
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officers · AP01
2024-01-01
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BAXTER, Ann appointed
director
2024-01-01
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SMITH, Ronald Schoular appointed
director
2023-11-01
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accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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accounts · AA
2020-12-13
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accounts · AAMD
2020-09-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-16
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accounts · AA
2019-04-18
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officers · TM01
2018-11-24
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MCGINNIE, Bernard Ford resigned
director
2018-10-26
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accounts · AA
2016-07-15
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CLARK, Iain Anthony appointed
director
2016-07-15
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JARVIE, Moira Jean appointed
director
2013-06-01
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LOGAN, Hugh resigned
director
2004-11-01
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DEVINE, Cecilia appointed
secretary
2004-11-01
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DEVINE, Cecilia appointed
director
2004-10-31
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ALBRECHT, Wolfgang resigned
secretary
2004-10-31
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ALBRECHT, Wolfgang resigned
director
2004-10-14
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LOGAN, Hugh appointed
director
2004-07-08
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ROSS, John resigned
director
2004-03-26
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MILLHAM, Richard Henry George resigned
director
2004-02-02
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MCGINNIE, Bernard Ford appointed
director
2003-01-07
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QUINN, James Anthony resigned
director
2001-08-17
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MCKENZIE, Howard John Malcolm resigned
secretary
2001-08-17
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MCKENZIE, Howard John Malcolm resigned
director
2001-07-04
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ALBRECHT, Wolfgang appointed
secretary
2001-07-04
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ALBRECHT, Wolfgang appointed
director
2001-07-04
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ROSS, John appointed
director
2001-07-04
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SMITH, Thomas Gordon resigned
director
1999-04-01
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HOPE, James resigned
director
1998-12-09
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SMITH, Thomas Gordon appointed
director
1998-04-09
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FAIRLIE, John appointed
director
1998-02-02
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MCKENZIE, Howard John Malcolm appointed
secretary
1997-04-11
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MACLEOD, Heather resigned
secretary
1996-07-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1996-07-03
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QUINN, James Anthony appointed
director
1996-07-01
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MACLEOD, Heather appointed
secretary
1996-07-01
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MCNAB, Ian Mackintosh resigned
secretary
1996-06-05
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HOPE, James appointed
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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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.)

Group structure

New College Lanarkshire is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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New College Lanarkshire

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AMCOL SCOTLAND LIMITED

This company · SC162633

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
New College Lanarkshire Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Celia Devineceased 16/01/2018· 75-100% shares · trust interest

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

Incorporated1996-01-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Enterprise Way

Motherwell

Lanarkshire

ML1 2TX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12