OSCO EUROPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03600356 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-20
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.26M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.7y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,258,068
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,129 YoY
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£121k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£256k£513k£769k£1.0m£1.3mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.49M£1.57M
Current assets£1.18M£1.23M
Cash£121.2k£157.4k
Debtors£737.7k£718.7k
Net assets£1.26M£1.28M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-07
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  5. 2023-06-06
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  6. 2023-06-06
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-08-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2018-06-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2018-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-18
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    GURNEY, Ann Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2017-07-25
    ➖
    JAMES, Stephen William resigned
    director
  21. 2017-06-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2011-07-19
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    MASSEY, John Paul resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-10-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  24. 2003-10-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Stannah Lifts Holdings Limited
  25. 1998-11-30
    ➕
    JAMES, Stephen William appointed
    director
  26. 1998-11-30
    ➖
    MASSEY, Daniel James resigned
    director
  27. 1998-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As OSCO EUROPE LIMITED
  28. 1998-07-20
    ➕
    MASSEY, John Paul appointed
    director
  29. 1998-07-20
    ➕
    MASSEY, John Paul appointed
    secretary
  30. 1998-07-20
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1998-07-20
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1998-07-20
    ➕
    MASSEY, Daniel James appointed
    director
  33. 1998-07-20
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1998-07-20
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Osco Design Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Osco Design Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
OSCO EUROPE LIMITED
This company · 03600356

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Osco Design Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting05/03/2019
Mr John Paul Massey
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen William Jamesceased 25/07/2017· 50-75% voting · significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Units 25-27 Mayfield Avenue Industrial Estate Fyfield Road
Weyhill
Andover
Hampshire
SP11 8HU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

GURNEY, Ann Elizabeth→
director · ~53y · appointed 2017-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASSEY, John Paul→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASSEY, John Paul→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-20 · resigned 2011-07-19
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-20 · resigned 1998-07-20
Resigned
JAMES, Stephen William→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-11-30 · resigned 2017-07-25
Resigned
MASSEY, Daniel James→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-07-20 · resigned 1998-11-30
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-20 · resigned 1998-07-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/06/2018—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/10/2007—
satisfied
Stannah Lifts Holdings
Stannah Lifts Holdings Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property10/10/200327/06/2017
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Recent filings (93 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2023-06-07
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2023-06-06
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-17