L E D SCOTLAND LTD

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SC290289 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-14
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£882.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.4y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £882,527

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
Net Worth
£883k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£177k£353k£530k£706k£883kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.46M£797.1k
Current assets£63.9k£57.1k
Cash£26.2k—
Debtors£35.3k£52.2k
Net assets£882.5k£669.6k

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

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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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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2024-12-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2024-12-21
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    Charge satisfied #2
  6. 2024-12-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2024-11-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2024-11-15
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Allica Bank Limited
  9. 2024-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-05-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2012-12-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  22. 2009-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 2005-09-14
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    Company incorporated
    As L E D SCOTLAND LTD
  24. 2005-09-14
    ➕
    BREMNER, Julie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-09-14
    ➕
    BREMNER, Frank Robert appointed
    director
  26. 2005-09-14
    ➕
    BREMNER, Julie appointed
    director
  27. 2005-09-14
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-09-14
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Frank Robert Bremner
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Julie Bremner
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
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
Incorporated2005-09-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

85 Princes Street
Thurso
KW14 7DH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BREMNER, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-14
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Active
BREMNER, Frank Robert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-09-14
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Active
BREMNER, Julie→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-09-14
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-14 · resigned 2005-09-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Allica Bank
Allica Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property15/11/2024—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/05/2013—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property06/12/201221/12/2024
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property03/12/200921/12/2024
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23