DISCOVER SCOTLAND TOURS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC313476 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-14

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 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£322.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.4y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £322,821

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£257k

Net Worth

£323k

Current Assets

£553k

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£876.6k	—
Current assets	£553.2k	—
Cash	£257.4k	—
Debtors	£295.7k	—
Net assets	£322.8k	—

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-05-22
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officers · CH01
2025-05-22
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officers · AP01
2025-05-22
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officers · AP01
2025-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-22
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officers · AP01
2025-05-21
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accounts · AA
2025-05-20
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COLHOUN, Agnes Catherine appointed
director
2025-05-20
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COLHOUN, Michael Joseph appointed
director
2025-05-20
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COLHOUN, Samantha Jane appointed
director
2024-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
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address · AD01
2022-09-30
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accounts · AA
2022-07-04
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officers · TM01
2022-06-21
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COLHOUN, Michael Joseph resigned
director
2022-05-04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
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mortgage · MR01
2020-11-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Scottish Growth Scheme - Business Loans Scotland Debt Finance L.P.
2020-09-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-05-31
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COLHOUN, Michael Joseph appointed
director
2006-12-14
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Company incorporated
As DISCOVER SCOTLAND TOURS LTD.
2006-12-14
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COLHOUN, Agnes Catherine appointed
secretary
2006-12-14
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COLHOUN, Michael appointed
director
2006-12-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-12-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-12-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-12-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — COLHOUN, Michael Joseph (same surname) appointed 2025-05-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Colhoun Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-12-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Arran House 15d Skye Road

Shawfarm Industrial Estate

Prestwick

KA9 2TA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-28

Last: 2025-12-14