THE PAINT SHED LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC031414 · ltd · incorporated 1956-03-31
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£23.04M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 64.2y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 64.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
20 officers (4 active, 20 linked, 12 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
156 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £2,191,182
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Turnover | £23.04M |
| Gross profit | £3.02M |
| Operating profit | £2.19M |
| Profit before tax | £2.19M |
| Average employees | 10500 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-05-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-05-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-05-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-05-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-02➕SHOESMITH, Adam appointedsecretary
- 2023-05-02➕BREWER, Charles Thomas appointeddirector
- 2023-05-02➕BREWER, Simon Robert appointeddirector
- 2023-05-02➕LAWFIELD, Alison Rachel appointeddirector
- 2023-05-02➖ROLLAND, Michael Jackson resigneddirector
- 2023-05-02➖ROLLAND, Ogilvie Jackson resigneddirector
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-30➖BOWIE, Jonathan Mark resigneddirector
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-07➖MINTY, Connie Catherine O'Donnell resignedsecretary
- 2021-01-07📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-17✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2019-12-03➕MINTY, Connie Catherine O'Donnell appointedsecretary
- 2019-08-08➖VAREILLE, Tracy resignedsecretary
- 2019-05-06➖ROLLAND, Lisa Jane resigneddirector
- 2017-09-04➖ROLLAND, Lisa Jane resignedsecretary
- 2017-09-04➕VAREILLE, Tracy appointedsecretary
- 2017-03-02➕ROLLAND, Michael Jackson appointeddirector
- 2017-01-25➕ROLLAND, Lisa Jane appointeddirector
- 2012-02-11🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2007-01-30➕BOWIE, Jonathan Mark appointeddirector
- 2007-01-11➖MANSON, Alan Graeme resigneddirector
- 2004-02-12🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2004-01-26➕MANSON, Alan Graeme appointeddirector
- 2003-02-11➖CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey resignedsecretary
- 2003-02-11➕ROLLAND, Lisa Jane appointedsecretary
- 2002-12-31➖FINDLAY, Robert James resigneddirector
- 2002-03-08➖STEWART, Malcolm Bowman resigneddirector
- 2001-10-31🔒Charge registered #5Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-01-03➕FINDLAY, Robert James appointeddirector
- 1998-06-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1997-08-22➖SINCLAIR, William Boyd resigneddirector
- 1997-07-11➕CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey appointedsecretary
- 1997-07-11➖MCCABE, Brian James resignedsecretary
- 1997-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #3
Showing most recent 50 of 63 events
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
The Paint Shed Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
The Paint Shed Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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THE PAINT SHED LIMITED
This company · SC031414
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Paint Shed Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Jonathan Mark Bowieceased 30/07/2017· significant influence
- Mr Ogilvie Jackson Rollandceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1956-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Registered office
Unit 8 & 9 20 Munro Road
Springkerse Industrial Estate
Stirling
FK7 7UU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12
Officers (4 active · 16 resigned)
Active
BREWER, Charles Thomas→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2023-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BREWER, Simon Robert→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAWFIELD, Alison Rachel→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2023-05-02
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CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-07-11 · resigned 2003-02-11
MCCABE, Brian James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-01-31 · resigned 1997-07-11
MINTY, Connie Catherine O'Donnell→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-12-03 · resigned 2021-01-07
ROBERTSON, Lilian→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1992-11-20
ROLLAND, Lindsey Anne Helen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-11-20 · resigned 1996-01-31
ROLLAND, Lisa Jane→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2017-09-04
VAREILLE, Tracy→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2017-09-04 · resigned 2019-08-08
BOWIE, Jonathan Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2007-01-30 · resigned 2022-04-30
FINDLAY, Robert James→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2001-01-03 · resigned 2002-12-31
MANSON, Alan Graeme→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2007-01-11
ROLLAND, Douglas Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · resigned 1993-01-01
ROLLAND, Lisa Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-01-25 · resigned 2019-05-06
ROLLAND, Michael Jackson→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2017-03-02 · resigned 2023-05-02
ROLLAND, Ogilvie Jackson→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 2023-05-02
SINCLAIR, William Boyd→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 1996-01-31 · resigned 1997-08-22
STEWART, Malcolm Bowman→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 1996-01-31 · resigned 2002-03-08
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 31/10/2001 | 11/02/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/11/1996 | 12/02/2004 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 05/10/1992 | 10/07/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited | Bond for cash credit and floating charge | 1 property | 21/05/1964 | 19/07/1996 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group National Commercial Bank of Scotland LTD | Bond of cash credit and dispn. In security | 1 property | 26/02/1962 | 05/06/1998 |
Recent filings (156 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-05-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-05
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-05-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-05