OUTSOURCE CORPORATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03332357 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£411.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £411,709
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£378k
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£412k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Assets
£843k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£169k£337k£506k£674k£843kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£429.1k£415.3k
Current assets£843.1k£700.4k
Cash£378.1k£286.2k
Debtors£465.0k£414.3k
Net assets£411.7k£386.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2019-12-20
    ➖
    EGERTON, Gillian Emily resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-21
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2018-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-11-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2006-01-16
    ➕
    WITHINSHAW, Sonia Haf appointed
    director
  19. 2006-01-16
    ➕
    EGERTON, Gillian Emily appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-01-16
    ➖
    WITHINSHAW, Sonia Haf resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-10-05
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1997-09-16
    ➖
    FISHER, John Gordon resigned
    secretary
  23. 1997-09-16
    ➕
    WITHINSHAW, Sonia Haf appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-09-16
    ➖
    FISHER, John Gordon resigned
    director
  25. 1997-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OUTSOURCE CORPORATION LIMITED
  26. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    WITHINSHAW, Roger Simon appointed
    director
  27. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    FISHER, John Gordon appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-03-12
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    FISHER, John Gordon appointed
    director
  31. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1997-03-12
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Simon Withinshaw
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Sonia Haf Withinshaw
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2026

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
Incorporated1997-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

5 Yeomanry Road
Battlefield Enterprise Park
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 3EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

WITHINSHAW, Roger Simon→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WITHINSHAW, Sonia Haf→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EGERTON, Gillian Emily→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2019-12-20
Resigned
FISHER, John Gordon→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1997-09-16
Resigned
WITHINSHAW, Sonia Haf→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-16 · resigned 2006-01-16
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned
FISHER, John Gordon→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1997-09-16
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property05/10/200009/11/2012

Recent filings (88 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07