EURO SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC360587 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-03
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 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2021-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2015-02-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    HAYES, Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    NOLAN, Thomas Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2014-11-14
    ➖
    SMITH, Stephen resigned
    director
  20. 2014-04-14
    ➕
    SMITH, Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 2009-06-03
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    Company incorporated
    As EURO SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  22. 2009-06-03
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Eddie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

Ncs Office Holdings Scotland Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Ncs Office Holdings Scotland Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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EURO SYSTEMS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
This company · SC360587

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Joseph Nolan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares · firm interest06/04/2016
Ncs Office Holdings Scotland Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Eddie Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1985 · age 41
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-06-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

65 Rodney Street
Glasgow
G4 9SQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HAYES, Michael→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
NOLAN, Thomas Joseph→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Eddie→
director · ~41y · appointed 2009-06-03
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Active
SMITH, Stephen→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-04-14 · resigned 2014-11-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property17/02/2015—
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Recent filings (58 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-07-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07