PLASCOAT SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00514584 · ltd · incorporated 1952-12-29
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20160
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (62/100).
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Refinance opportunity
10 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 30.2y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (3 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
205 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,350,000
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £1.35M | £-315.0k |
| Average employees | 28 | 31 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-08➕RIDDEX, Michael Anthony appointeddirector
- 2025-03-28➕YOUENS, Laura Michele appointeddirector
- 2025-03-28➖BLENKINSOPP, James Ian resigneddirector
- 2025-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-04-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-04-19🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2023-04-19🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2022-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-07-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-06-24➕DOLAN, Farrell appointeddirector
- 2019-06-24➖DAVIS, Michael Keith resigneddirector
- 2019-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-06-22🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-12-20🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-09-13🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2017-08-18🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2017-08-18🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-08-14➖BILHAM, Keith John resignedsecretary
- 2017-08-14➖BENSON, Patrick resigneddirector
- 2017-08-14➖BILHAM, Keith John resigneddirector
- 2017-08-14➕BLENKINSOPP, James Ian appointeddirector
- 2017-08-14➕DAVIS, Michael Keith appointeddirector
- 2017-08-14➖STOKE, Jeremy Michael resigneddirector
- 2014-01-07🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2014-01-07🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2014-01-07🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2014-01-07🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2013-07-30➖DUNNETT, Christopher Frederic resigneddirector
- 2013-04-15🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-11-10🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2007-06-13➕STOKE, Jeremy Michael appointeddirector
- 2004-12-24➕BILHAM, Keith John appointedsecretary
- 2004-12-24➖ELKIN, George Frank resignedsecretary
- 2003-03-31➕BENSON, Patrick appointeddirector
- 2003-03-31➖ELKIN, George Frank resigneddirector
- 2001-12-19➕BILHAM, Keith John appointeddirector
- 1999-09-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1999-07-20🔒Charge registered #6Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Showing most recent 50 of 65 events
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Axalta Coating Systems Uk Holding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Axalta Coating Systems Uk Holding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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PLASCOAT SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 00514584
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Axalta Coating Systems Uk Holding Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 14/08/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- International Process Technologies Limitedceased 14/08/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1952-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20160 — SIC 20160
Registered office
Trading Estate
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 9NY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (3 active · 15 resigned)
DOLAN, Farrell→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2019-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RIDDEX, Michael Anthony→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2025-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUENS, Laura Michele→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BILHAM, Keith John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-12-24 · resigned 2017-08-14
ELKIN, George Frank→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-04-23 · resigned 2004-12-24
INVENSYS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · resigned 1996-04-23
BENSON, Patrick→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2003-03-31 · resigned 2017-08-14
BILHAM, Keith John→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2001-12-19 · resigned 2017-08-14
BLENKINSOPP, James Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2017-08-14 · resigned 2025-03-28
BROWN, Robert Casson→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 1993-06-07 · resigned 1996-04-23
DAVIS, Michael Keith→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2017-08-14 · resigned 2019-06-24
DUNNETT, Christopher Frederic→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 1994-04-07 · resigned 2013-07-30
ELKIN, George Frank→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2003-03-31
STOKE, Jeremy Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2007-06-13 · resigned 2017-08-14
THOM, James Demmink→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 1996-04-23
WALTERS, Harold Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 1996-04-23
WILLIAMS, Stanley Killa→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 1993-06-08
WILSON, David John→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 1994-04-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
10
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/06/2018 | 19/04/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/12/2017 | 19/04/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/04/2013 | 18/08/2017 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 10/11/2009 | 13/09/2017 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/07/1999 | 07/01/2014 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/03/1999 | 07/01/2014 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/03/1999 | 07/01/2014 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/03/1999 | 07/01/2014 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Debenture containing fixed and floating charges | 1 property | 29/03/1999 | 18/08/2017 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland as Security Trustee for the Beneficiaries (Asdefined) | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 23/04/1996 | 04/09/1999 |
Recent filings (205 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-04-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25