ASIA SCOTLAND INITIATIVE

🌳Matureactive
SC454309 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2013-07-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
18 officers (2 active, 18 linked, 16 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100-400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-11
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    BRUCE, Charles Edward resigned
    director
  3. 2026-02-02
    ➖
    BROTHERSTON, Douglas John resigned
    director
  4. 2026-02-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-02-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-01-31
    ➖
    NAMSRAI, Ehkhtuvshin resigned
    director
  7. 2025-11-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-09-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-07-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-06-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-05-09
    ➖
    EDINGTON, Alan Ritchie resigned
    director
  13. 2024-05-09
    ➕
    NAMSRAI, Ehkhtuvshin appointed
    director
  14. 2023-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-07-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2023-01-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2022-09-05
    ➕
    GUPTA, Puneet appointed
    director
  18. 2022-04-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-04-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2022-04-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2022-04-07
    ➖
    MILLIGAN, Andrew Brett resigned
    director
  22. 2022-01-06
    ➖
    LANGDON, Stewart Michael resigned
    director
  23. 2022-01-06
    ➖
    LINDER, Elizabeth Joanna resigned
    director
  24. 2021-07-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2021-05-10
    ➖
    SHIELL, Oliver Jonathan resigned
    director
  26. 2021-05-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2020-12-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  28. 2020-11-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  29. 2020-11-01
    ➕
    SHIELL, Oliver Jonathan appointed
    director
  30. 2020-10-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  31. 2020-03-18
    ➕
    BRUCE, Charles Edward appointed
    director
  32. 2020-03-18
    ➕
    EDINGTON, Alan Ritchie appointed
    director
  33. 2020-03-18
    ➕
    MILLIGAN, Andrew Brett appointed
    director
  34. 2020-01-29
    ➖
    CARPENTER, Susan, Dr resigned
    director
  35. 2018-05-30
    ➕
    CARPENTER, Susan, Dr appointed
    director
  36. 2016-03-02
    ➕
    BROTHERSTON, Douglas John appointed
    director
  37. 2015-08-17
    ➖
    NOEL, Charles William resigned
    secretary
  38. 2015-05-29
    ➖
    WEIR, David Wallace Douglas resigned
    director
  39. 2015-05-28
    ➖
    PASSEY, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  40. 2015-05-20
    ➖
    FULTON, John David Orchard resigned
    director
  41. 2015-02-09
    ➖
    CHITTLEBURGH, Jeremy Michael resigned
    director
  42. 2015-02-09
    ➕
    FULTON, John David Orchard appointed
    director
  43. 2014-10-14
    ➖
    WASHINGTON, Neville Cameron resigned
    director
  44. 2014-10-13
    ➕
    LANGDON, Stewart Michael appointed
    director
  45. 2014-02-12
    ➕
    NOEL, Charles William appointed
    secretary
  46. 2014-02-12
    ➖
    J & H MITCHELL WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  47. 2014-02-12
    ➕
    LINDER, Elizabeth Joanna appointed
    director
  48. 2014-02-12
    ➕
    WEIR, David Wallace Douglas appointed
    director
  49. 2013-09-16
    ➕
    PASSEY, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  50. 2013-07-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASIA SCOTLAND INITIATIVE
Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 79 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 13 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BROTHERSTON, Douglas John resigned 2026-02-02; BRUCE, Charles Edward resigned 2026-02-11; NAMSRAI, Ehkhtuvshin resigned 2026-01-31

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2013-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

The Stables Studio
Hopetoun House
South Queensferry
EH30 9SL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (2 active · 16 resigned)

GOW, Roderick Charles→
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-07-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUPTA, Puneet→
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOEL, Charles William→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-12 · resigned 2015-08-17
Resigned
J & H MITCHELL WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-07-11 · resigned 2014-02-12
Resigned
BROTHERSTON, Douglas John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-02 · resigned 2026-02-02
Resigned
BRUCE, Charles Edward→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-03-18 · resigned 2026-02-11
Resigned
CARPENTER, Susan, Dr→
director · ~83y · appointed 2018-05-30 · resigned 2020-01-29
Resigned
CHITTLEBURGH, Jeremy Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-07-11 · resigned 2015-02-09
Resigned
EDINGTON, Alan Ritchie→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-03-18 · resigned 2024-05-09
Resigned
FULTON, John David Orchard→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-02-09 · resigned 2015-05-20
Resigned
LANGDON, Stewart Michael→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-10-13 · resigned 2022-01-06
Resigned
LINDER, Elizabeth Joanna→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-02-12 · resigned 2022-01-06
Resigned
MILLIGAN, Andrew Brett→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-03-18 · resigned 2022-04-07
Resigned
NAMSRAI, Ehkhtuvshin→
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-05-09 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned
PASSEY, Elizabeth→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-09-16 · resigned 2015-05-28
Resigned
SHIELL, Oliver Jonathan→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-11-01 · resigned 2021-05-10
Resigned
WASHINGTON, Neville Cameron→
director · ~78y · appointed 2013-07-11 · resigned 2014-10-14
Resigned
WEIR, David Wallace Douglas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-02-12 · resigned 2015-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19