SCOTSAIL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC409294 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2011-10-13🏢Company incorporatedAs SCOTSAIL LIMITED
- 2011-10-13➕GULLIVER, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2011-10-13➕GULLIVER, Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +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
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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.)
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| ROTTON INTERNATIONAL LP→ SL032366 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| RUBYTHROAT GUIDING LP→ SL028847 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| RUMBLANE LTD→ SC708478 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| SAFE HANDS SUPPORT SCOTLAND LTD→ SC650688 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| SCOTTISH CHILDMINDING ASSOCIATION→ SC144696 · est 1993 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 32y | — | — |
| SENTINELLE IMPACTS LP→ SL029522 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| SL031553 LP→ SL031553 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| SL031554 LP→ SL031554 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| SL031555 LP→ SL031555 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| SL031583 LP→ SL031583 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| SL031658 LP→ SL031658 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| SL031659 LP→ SL031659 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-10-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
9 Talorcan
Alloa
FK10 1RE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GULLIVER, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2011-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GULLIVER, Robert→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2011-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-26