BUSINESS FOR SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC430989 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2012-08-23

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

24 officers (8 active, 24 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

8 active PSC(s) of 16 total, 16 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	300	500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2025-10-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-28
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officers · AP01
2025-10-23
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MACQUEEN, Graham Livingstone appointed
director
2025-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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address · AD01
2025-03-14
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BARRIE, Thomas Warrington resigned
director
2025-03-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-14
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-15
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MCCORMICK, Graeme resigned
director
2024-02-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-29
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FORRESTER, Ian appointed
director
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-19
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-15
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MALONE, Brandon James resigned
director
2022-07-22
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ABERDEIN, Robert Douglas resigned
director
2022-07-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-21
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HENDERSON, Françoise Suzanne appointed
director
2022-06-21
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MORRISON, Breege Agnes appointed
director
2021-06-18
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GRAY, Ailsa Mary resigned
director
2021-06-11
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MACDONALD, Deneka Candice resigned
director
2020-01-10
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MCLEAN, Niall John appointed
director
2019-09-25
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MACDONALD, Deneka Candice appointed
director
2019-09-25
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MCCORMICK, Graeme appointed
director
2019-08-21
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MURPHY, Jil resigned
director
2019-08-21
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O'NEIL, Gillian Lorraine resigned
director
2018-10-08
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GRAY, Ailsa Mary appointed
director
2017-08-18
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MACINTYRE-KEMP, Gordon appointed
director
2017-05-16
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RODGER, Michelle resigned
director
2016-08-03
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BARRIE, Thomas Warrington appointed
director
2016-01-22
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MEIKLE, Leslie Andrew appointed
director
2015-05-01
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O'NEIL, Gillian Lorraine appointed
director
2015-03-27
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MACINTYRE-KEMP, Gordon resigned
director
2015-01-05
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MACLEAN, Donald Angus appointed
director
2015-01-05
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ABERDEIN, Robert Douglas appointed
director
2015-01-05
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MALONE, Brandon James appointed
director
2015-01-05
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MURPHY, Jil appointed
director
2015-01-05
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RODGER, Michelle appointed
director
2014-12-20
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THOMSON, Michelle Rhonda resigned
director
2014-12-10
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BANKS, Tony resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 62 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

8 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Livingstone Macqueen Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	23/10/2025
Mr Ian Forrester Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1951 · age 75	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	29/01/2024
Ms Breege Agnes Morrison Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	21/06/2022
Ms Françoise Suzanne Henderson Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	21/06/2022
Mr Gordon Macintyre-Kemp Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	22/08/2021
Mr Donald Angus Maclean Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Niall John Mclean Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1978 · age 48	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Leslie Andrew Meikle Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

8 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Graeme Mccormickceased 15/07/2024· significant influence
Ms Deneka Candice Macdonaldceased 22/08/2021· significant influence
Mr Thomas Warrington Barrieceased 14/03/2025· significant influence
Mr Brandon James Maloneceased 15/06/2023· significant influence
Mr Robert Douglas Aberdeinceased 22/07/2022· significant influence
Ms Jil Murphyceased 23/09/2019· significant influence
Mrs Gillian Lorraine O'Neilceased 23/09/2019· significant influence
Ms Michelle Rodgerceased 23/09/2019· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2012-08-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Studio 4, Mercat House 20 The Hidden Lane

1103 Argyle Street

Glasgow

G3 8ND

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-06

Last: 2025-08-23