PARKHEAD PHARMACY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC021721 · ltd · incorporated 1941-04-22

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.06M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,058,492

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£827k

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↑ 6.7% YoY

Current Assets

£963k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.09M	£1.02M
Current assets	£963.0k	£869.3k
Cash	£827.0k	£681.8k
Debtors	£97.1k	£151.0k
Net assets	£1.06M	£991.7k

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-28
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officers · CH01
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-04-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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officers · TM01
2024-06-05
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DUTHIE, George Flett resigned
director
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-14
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accounts · AA
2010-03-01
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DUTHIE, George Flett appointed
director
2010-03-01
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DUTHIE, Lynn Caroline appointed
director
2010-03-01
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EASTON, Alison Margaret appointed
director
1991-06-13
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PURVIS, James resigned
director
1941-04-22
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Company incorporated
As PARKHEAD PHARMACY LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 85 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Lynn Caroline Duthie Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/03/2025
Mrs Alison Margaret Easton Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/03/2025
Mr George Flett Duthie Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/03/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr George Flett Duthieceased 29/03/2025· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1941-04-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

26 Harbour Street

Hopeman

IV30 5RU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05