SPACE SOLUTIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC322119 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-24
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 18.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£3.59M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41100Development of building projects
  • 43320Joinery installation
  • 43330Floor and wall covering
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 18.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
89 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,585,364

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.8m
Net Worth
£3.6m
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£717k£1.4m£2.2m£2.9m£3.6mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Cash£2.78M
Net assets£3.59M
Average employees17900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-06
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-10-06
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-10-06
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2025-10-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-10-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-10-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-10-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2025-10-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2024-12-19
    THOMSON, Teresa Carol resigned
    director
  11. 2024-12-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-04-30
    MATHIESON, James Gordon resigned
    director
  15. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-11-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2023-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-08-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2020-08-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2020-05-29
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  24. 2020-05-29
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  25. 2019-07-15
    BINNIE, Derek Malcolm resigned
    director
  26. 2019-05-07
    MATHIESON, James Gordon appointed
    director
  27. 2019-05-07
    THOMSON, Teresa Carol appointed
    director
  28. 2018-10-31
    BARRACK, James Grieve resigned
    director
  29. 2018-05-01
    MIDDLETON, Gordon Ian appointed
    director
  30. 2014-07-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2009-11-25
    MORRISON, Graeme Roland resigned
    director
  32. 2008-07-23
    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2008-07-23
    STRONACHS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2007-07-05
    COPE, Kenneth Ryland appointed
    director
  35. 2007-07-05
    JUDGE, Steven Charles Forbes appointed
    director
  36. 2007-07-05
    WILSON, Mark appointed
    director
  37. 2007-07-05
    BARRACK, James Grieve appointed
    director
  38. 2007-07-05
    BINNIE, Derek Malcolm appointed
    director
  39. 2007-07-05
    MORRISON, Graeme Roland appointed
    director
  40. 2007-07-05
    NEILSON, Ewan Craig resigned
    nominee-director
  41. 2007-07-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  42. 2007-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As SPACE SOLUTIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  43. 2007-04-24
    STRONACHS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  44. 2007-04-24
    NEILSON, Ewan Craig appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Space Solutions (Scotland) Trustee Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Space Solutions (Scotland) Trustee Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
SPACE SOLUTIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
This company · SC322119

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
Space Solutions (Scotland) Trustee Company Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/09/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Chess Group Investment Company Limitedceased 30/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Steven Charles Forbes Judgeceased 30/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-04-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Bishop House
50 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-23
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Active
COPE, Kenneth Ryland
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-07-05
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Active
JUDGE, Steven Charles Forbes
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-07-05
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Active
MIDDLETON, Gordon Ian
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-05-01
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Active
WILSON, Mark
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-07-05
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Active
STRONACHS
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-04-24 · resigned 2008-07-23
Resigned
BARRACK, James Grieve
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-07-05 · resigned 2018-10-31
Resigned
BINNIE, Derek Malcolm
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-07-05 · resigned 2019-07-15
Resigned
MATHIESON, James Gordon
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-05-07 · resigned 2024-04-30
Resigned
MORRISON, Graeme Roland
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-07-05 · resigned 2009-11-25
Resigned
NEILSON, Ewan Craig
nominee-director · ~68y · appointed 2007-04-24 · resigned 2007-07-05
Resigned
THOMSON, Teresa Carol
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-05-07 · resigned 2024-12-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge10/08/202003/11/2023
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property09/07/2014
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/07/2007
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Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-06
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-10-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-12-21