CIREVON SCOTLAND LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC882399 · ltd · incorporated 2026-03-13
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
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10910
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CIREVON SCOTLAND LTD
  2. 2026-03-13
    VELISSARIOU, Maria appointed
    secretary
  3. 2026-03-13
    MACDONALD, John Ferguson appointed
    director
  4. 2026-03-13
    VELISSARIOU, Maria appointed
    director
  5. 2026-03-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Ms Maria Velissariou
Individual · American · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/03/2026
Mr John Ferguson Macdonald
Individual · New Zealander · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/03/2026

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
Incorporated2026-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-13
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

VELISSARIOU, Maria
secretary · appointed 2026-03-13
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Active
MACDONALD, John Ferguson
director · ~71y · appointed 2026-03-13
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Active
VELISSARIOU, Maria
director · ~63y · appointed 2026-03-13
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Active

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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2026-03-13