ANDY SCOTT (PUBLIC ART) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC233893 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£21.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,653
Cash YoY
+134%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£31k
↑ 134% YoY
Net Worth
£22k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£110k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£22k£44k£66k£88k£110kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£21.7k£19.5k
Current assets£110.2k£90.5k
Cash£30.6k£13.1k
Debtors£59.6k£57.5k
Net assets£21.7k£19.5k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-29
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  3. 2023-04-27
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  4. 2022-04-26
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  5. 2021-04-28
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  6. 2020-10-28
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  7. 2020-10-27
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    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2020-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2017-04-18
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    address · AD01
  13. 2017-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-06-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2015-06-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2013-05-01
    ➕
    SCOTT-VAN WEL, Hanneke appointed
    director
  19. 2012-04-02
    ➕
    SCOTT-VAN WEL, Hanneke appointed
    secretary
  20. 2012-01-01
    ➖
    SCOTT, Caroline resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-09-11
    ➕
    SCOTT, Caroline appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-09-11
    ➖
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2009-08-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2002-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDY SCOTT (PUBLIC ART) LIMITED
  25. 2002-07-09
    ➕
    SCOTT, Andrew James appointed
    director
  26. 2002-07-09
    ➕
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mrs Hanneke Scott-Van Wel
Individual · Dutch · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew James Scott
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2002-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

16 Royal Crescent
Glasgow
G3 7SL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT-VAN WEL, Hanneke→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-02
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Active
SCOTT, Andrew James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-07-09
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Active
SCOTT-VAN WEL, Hanneke→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTT, Caroline→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-11 · resigned 2012-01-01
Resigned
WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2009-09-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—01/06/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property26/08/200902/06/2015
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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-10-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13