AIR TESTING SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC393537 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-15
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£30.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £30,131

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£30.1k£23.0k
Current assets£25.1k£21.8k
Cash£18.9k—
Debtors£6.2k—
Net assets£30.1k£23.0k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-10-19
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-10-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-10-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR TESTING SCOTLAND LIMITED
  18. 2011-02-15
    ➕
    JENKINS, Charles Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-15
    ➕
    JENKINS, Craig appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Charles Alexander Jenkins
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Craig Alexander Jenkins
Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44
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
Incorporated2011-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Bowling Green Lane
Biggar
ML12 6ES
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JENKINS, Charles Alexander→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-02-15
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Active
JENKINS, Craig→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-02-15
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-19