ANGLO SCOTTISH CONCRETE HOLDINGS LIMITED

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SC292394 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-28
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
£91.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £91,836

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£92k
Current Assets
£1.1m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-29
Total assets£101.8k
Current assets£1.08M
Cash£2.1k
Debtors£1.08M
Net assets£91.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-04-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-05-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-22
    CLARK, Laurie Andrew appointed
    secretary
  12. 2023-03-22
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2021-02-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2020-01-13
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  18. 2019-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-06-26
    HUGHES, Morag resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-05-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 2005-12-23
    CLARK, Laurie Andrew appointed
    director
  24. 2005-12-23
    BROWN, Rhonda Susan resigned
    secretary
  25. 2005-12-23
    HUGHES, Morag appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-12-23
    WOOD, Kingsley William Alexander resigned
    nominee-director
  27. 2005-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLO SCOTTISH CONCRETE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  28. 2005-10-28
    BROWN, Rhonda Susan appointed
    secretary
  29. 2005-10-28
    WOOD, Kingsley William Alexander appointed
    nominee-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Group structure

Concrete Scotland Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Concrete Scotland Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ANGLO SCOTTISH CONCRETE HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · SC292394

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Concrete Scotland Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting20/02/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Laurie Andrew Clarkceased 20/02/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Titanium 1 King's Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8WF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-06-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CLARK, Laurie Andrew
secretary · appointed 2023-03-22
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Active
CLARK, Laurie Andrew
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-12-23
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Active
BROWN, Rhonda Susan
secretary · appointed 2005-10-28 · resigned 2005-12-23
Resigned
HUGHES, Morag
secretary · appointed 2005-12-23 · resigned 2013-06-26
Resigned
WOOD, Kingsley William Alexander
nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2005-10-28 · resigned 2005-12-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property05/05/200611/02/2021

Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22