AROS RETAIL LTD

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SC866561 · ltd · incorporated 2025-10-16

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

3 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand

2025-11-17
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2025-11-17
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2025-10-16
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Company incorporated
As AROS RETAIL LTD
2025-10-16
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DUNN, Catherine Macaulay appointed
director
2025-10-16
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LAMONT, Angus appointed
director
2025-10-16
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MACKENZIE, Norman appointed
director
2025-10-16
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MACSWEEN, Donald John appointed
director
2025-10-16
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

60/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Young company: Only 0.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Urras Storas An Rubha is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Urras Storas An Rubha

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AROS RETAIL LTD

This company · SC866561

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Urras Storas An Rubha Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	16/10/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Norman Mackenzieceased 16/10/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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

Incorporated2025-10-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

The Old School Knock

Point

Isle Of Lewis

Western Isles

HS2 0BW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-16

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: —

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

DUNN, Catherine Macaulay→

director · ~76y · appointed 2025-10-16

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Active

LAMONT, Angus→

director · ~72y · appointed 2025-10-16

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Active

MACKENZIE, Norman→

director · ~71y · appointed 2025-10-16

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Active

MACSWEEN, Donald John→

director · ~77y · appointed 2025-10-16

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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-11-17

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-11-17

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incorporation · NEWINC

2025-10-16