ARDROSS ACCOUNTANCY & TAX SERVICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC346920 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-11
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
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
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
54 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2024-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-07➕GRAY, Richard Randle Mark appointeddirector
- 2022-11-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-01-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-01-29📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2019-01-24➖WITHENSHAW, Robert Martin resigneddirector
- 2019-01-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-01-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-10-23➕WITHENSHAW, Robert Martin appointeddirector
- 2008-08-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ARDROSS ACCOUNTANCY & TAX SERVICES LTD
- 2008-08-11➕GRAY, Richard Randle Mark appointedsecretary
- 2008-08-11➕MARSHALL, Robert George Bruce appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robert George Bruce Marshall Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 24/01/2019 |
Mr Richard Randle Mark Gray Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 24/01/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
Ivtwo Kintail House
Beechwood Business Park
Inverness
IV2 3BW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
GRAY, Richard Randle Mark→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-08-11
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GRAY, Richard Randle Mark→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2022-11-07
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MARSHALL, Robert George Bruce→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2008-08-11
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WITHENSHAW, Robert Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-23 · resigned 2019-01-24
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20