AVTEK (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC484780 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-20
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 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 10.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
40 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees48005100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-23
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  2. 2024-11-13
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  3. 2024-11-13
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  4. 2024-11-13
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  5. 2024-11-13
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  6. 2024-06-18
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  7. 2023-07-03
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  8. 2022-06-07
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  9. 2021-04-27
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  10. 2020-11-05
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  11. 2020-09-04
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  12. 2019-06-06
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  13. 2019-01-22
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  14. 2018-11-15
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    address · AD01
  15. 2018-09-07
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2018-09-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2018-01-10
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  18. 2017-09-21
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    SHIELDS, Richard John appointed
    director
  19. 2015-09-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2014-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AVTEK (SCOTLAND) LTD
  21. 2014-08-20
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    CAMPBELL, Ian Menzies appointed
    director
  22. 2014-08-20
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    CAMPBELL, Richard Menzies appointed
    director
  23. 2014-08-20
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    LAWRIE, Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2014-08-20
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    SHEVAS, Ronald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 73 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Lawrie
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

25 Dickson Street
Elgin Industrial Estate
Dunfermline
KY12 7SL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Ian Menzies→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-08-20
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CAMPBELL, Richard Menzies→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-08-20
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Active
LAWRIE, Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-08-20
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Active
SHEVAS, Ronald→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-08-20
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Active
SHIELDS, Richard John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-09-21
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property05/09/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—28/09/2015—
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Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05