BILLSCOTT LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC723409 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • · Opportunity score: 61 → 70
  • · Bankability: 60 → 70
  • · Filings: 15 → 16
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Opportunity score: 61 → 70
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • ↑Bankability: 60 → 70
  • ↑Filings: 15 → 16
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-39.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -96% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £38,954
Cash draining
Cash down 96% YoY
Cash YoY
-96%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£746
↓ 96% YoY
Net Worth
-£39k
↓ 105% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 83% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£39k-£27k-£14k-£2k£10k£23kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-39.0k£-19.0k
Current assets£3.7k£22.7k
Cash£746£18.2k
Debtors—£4.5k
Net assets£-39.0k£-19.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-22
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-05-07
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-07-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-06-30
    ➕
    MCLEISH, Shannon appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-05-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-05-01
    ➖
    MCLEISH, Shannon resigned
    director
  14. 2022-02-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BILLSCOTT LIMITED
  15. 2022-02-16
    ➕
    WALKER, Wendy Somerville appointed
    director
  16. 2022-02-16
    ➕
    MCLEISH, Shannon appointed
    director
  17. 2022-02-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Shannon Mcleish
Individual · British · DOB 11/1997 · age 29
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest08/06/2022
Mrs Wendy Somerville Walker
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/02/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Shannon Mcleishceased 01/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

89 Lanark Road
Carstairs
Lanark
ML11 8QQ
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 · 1 resigned)

MCLEISH, Shannon→
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-06-30
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Active
WALKER, Wendy Somerville→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-02-16
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Active
MCLEISH, Shannon→
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-02-16 · resigned 2022-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-05