ABERDEEN SPECSAVERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02378020 · ltd · incorporated 1989-05-02

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47782

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

169 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-10-27
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2025-10-27
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2025-10-27
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2024-11-07
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2024-11-07
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2024-08-13
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2024-03-05
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2024-03-05
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2023-11-17
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2023-11-17
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2023-04-27
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2023-04-27
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other · GUARANTEE2
2023-04-26
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officers · CH01
2023-01-27
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2022-12-14
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2022-12-14
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2022-10-03
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officers · AP01
2022-09-30
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FAIRLEY, Adam appointed
director
2022-09-30
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PERKINS, Douglas John David appointed
director
2022-09-30
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PERKINS, Douglas John David resigned
director
2022-09-30
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QUIGLEY, David James resigned
director
2022-09-30
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officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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2022-09-30
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officers · AP01
2019-08-06
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CAMPBELL, Laura Elaine appointed
director
2018-03-28
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SIMPSON, Tom Donald Edmond resigned
director
2000-03-17
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FRASER, Lisa Michelle resigned
director
2000-03-17
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SIMPSON, Tom Donald Edmond appointed
director
1997-05-28
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MCGINTY, David Peter appointed
director
1997-05-28
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PERKINS, Mary Lesley appointed
director
1997-05-28
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BEATON, Peter Steven resigned
director
1997-05-28
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FRASER, Lisa Michelle appointed
director
1997-05-28
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PERKINS, Douglas John David appointed
director
1997-05-28
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QUIGLEY, David James appointed
director
1989-05-02
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Company incorporated
As ABERDEEN SPECSAVERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.)

Group structure

Specsavers Uk Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Specsavers Uk Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control

majority

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ABERDEEN SPECSAVERS LIMITED

This company · 02378020

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Specsavers Uk Holdings Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	31/01/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Douglas John David Perkinsceased 31/01/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Mary Lesley Perkinsceased 31/01/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1989-05-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47782 — SIC 47782

Registered office

Forum 6, Parkway

Solent Business Park Whiteley

Fareham

PO15 7PA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last: 2025-10-16