PAYPLAN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 3.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 3.7y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Charge age ~3.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.78M |
| Current assets | £11.08M |
| Cash | £473.4k |
| Debtors | £10.61M |
| Net assets | £6.78M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
4 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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 incorporation
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-05-11📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-04-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Trustee)
- 2025-09-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-09-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-09-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-08📄auditors-resignation-companyauditors · AUD
- 2021-03-25📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2021-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-28➖MARLAND, Kenneth Webster resigneddirector
- 2019-05-03➖KIRK, Andrew John resigneddirector
- 2019-01-25➕KIRK, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2018-06-14➖RANN, Susan Dawn resigneddirector
- 2016-12-06➖CROOT, Stella resigneddirector
- 2016-09-07➖DURRANCE, Howard resigneddirector
- 2016-08-18➖EAVES, Jason Gregory resigneddirector
- 2016-02-22➕CROOT, Stella appointeddirector
- 2016-02-22➕DURRANCE, Howard appointeddirector
- 2016-01-16➖STEWART, Mary Ann resigneddirector
- 2015-03-17➕EAVES, Jason Gregory appointeddirector
- 2015-03-17➖OLSSON, Alice resigneddirector
- 2015-03-17➖TAYLOR, Andrew Martin resigneddirector
- 2014-12-12➖STRINGER, Dale resigneddirector
- 2014-11-03➖BOYDEN, Patrick Michael resigneddirector
- 2014-11-03➖JACKMAN, David resigneddirector
- 2014-10-08➕MARLAND, Kenneth Webster appointeddirector
- 2014-09-03➕BOYDEN, Patrick Michael appointeddirector
- 2014-09-03➕JACKMAN, David appointeddirector
- 2014-09-03➕OLSSON, Alice appointeddirector
- 2014-09-03➕STEWART, Mary Ann appointeddirector
- 2014-09-03➕STRINGER, Dale appointeddirector
- 2014-09-03➕TAYLOR, Andrew Martin appointeddirector
- 2014-09-02➕FAIRHURST, John appointeddirector
- 2014-09-02➖RANN, Gordon Philip Dale resigneddirector
- 2014-09-02➕RANN, Susan Dawn appointeddirector
- 2014-08-04➕DUFFEY, Rachel Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2014-08-04➖RANN, Lesley Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2014-07-04➕BRIGGS, Halina appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanGroup structure
Payplan Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Payplan Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 29/06/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Totemic (2014) Holdings Limitedceased 29/06/2018· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
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Filing status
Officers (4 active · 16 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Glas Trust Corporation (As Security Trustee) Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/04/2026 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/09/2022 | 17/09/2025 |