SCOTT GILMOUR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC345157 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-01
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£256.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47782
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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 £256,714
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£231k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£257k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£326k
↑ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£65k£130k£195k£261k£326kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£265.4k£263.2k
Current assets£325.8k£302.5k
Cash£231.0k£205.7k
Debtors£22.9k£24.5k
Net assets£256.7k£252.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2023-06-01
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-21
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  8. 2020-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-08-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-11-01
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    GILMOUR, Maria Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2008-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTT GILMOUR LIMITED
  18. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    GILMOUR, Scott appointed
    director
  20. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    MILLER, Innes Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    MILLER, Innes Richard resigned
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GILMOUR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Scott Gilmour
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Maria Jane Gilmour
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2008-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47782 — SIC 47782

Registered office

Unit 5 The Courtyard
Cults
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB15 9SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILMOUR, Maria Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILMOUR, Scott→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Innes Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2026-03-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-06