SMART SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC262136 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£834
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
56 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 £834
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,480 YoY
Cash YoY
+537%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 537% YoY
Net Worth
£834
↓ 91% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£7k£9kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£834£9.3k
Current assets—£283
Cash£1.8k£283
Net assets£834£9.3k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-09
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  13. 2015-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-02-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As SMART SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LIMITED
  17. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    GILLIES, Lindsey Heather appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    GILLIES, Stephen Robson appointed
    director
  19. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    SMALL FIRMS SECRETARY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2004-01-19
    ➖
    SMALL FIRMS SECRETARY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    SMALL FIRMS DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2004-01-19
    ➖
    SMALL FIRMS DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Stephen Robson Gillies
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/01/2017
Mrs Lindsey Heather Gillies
Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

20 Ballochmyle Walk
Annandale
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2SF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GILLIES, Lindsey Heather→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-19
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Active
GILLIES, Stephen Robson→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-01-19
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Active
SMALL FIRMS SECRETARY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2004-01-19
Resigned
SMALL FIRMS DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2004-01-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-31