G. PORRELLI & CO., LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC041254 · ltd · incorporated 1964-10-30
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 54.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 54.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 54.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
110 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£860k£1.7m£2.6m£3.4m£4.3mOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets—£4.54M
Current assets—£4.28M
Cash—£3.47M
Debtors—£407.5k
Net assets—£4.30M
Average employees28—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-06
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  3. 2024-05-20
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  4. 2023-01-26
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  5. 2022-05-11
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  6. 2021-06-16
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  7. 2021-03-03
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-03-02
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    DURANTE, Dario Alessandro appointed
    director
  9. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2019-05-23
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  11. 2018-05-11
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  12. 2017-02-16
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  13. 2016-05-26
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  14. 2016-05-24
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  15. 2015-06-05
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  16. 2015-03-27
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  17. 2014-06-17
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  18. 2000-10-31
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    DURANTE, Ines Oriana appointed
    director
  19. 1999-03-02
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    DURANTE, Ines Oriana appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-03-02
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    DURANTE, Enzo Emilio resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-03-13
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    DURANTE, Gina resigned
    director
  22. 1991-02-28
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    FRANCHI, Osvaldo Antonio resigned
    secretary
  23. 1991-02-28
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    DI MEO, Gina resigned
    director
  24. 1991-02-20
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    DURANTE, Enzo Emilio appointed
    director
  25. 1991-02-20
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    DURANTE, Enzo Emilio appointed
    secretary
  26. 1985-07-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  27. 1971-08-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 1964-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As G. PORRELLI & CO., LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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

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

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Durante Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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G. PORRELLI & CO., LIMITED
This company · SC041254

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Durante Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1964-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

25 Lacy Street
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 1QN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-24
Last: 2025-05-10

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

DURANTE, Ines Oriana→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURANTE, Dario Alessandro→
director · ~34y · appointed 2021-03-02
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Active
DURANTE, Enzo Emilio→
director · ~66y · appointed 1991-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURANTE, Ines Oriana→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURANTE, Enzo Emilio→
secretary · appointed 1991-02-20 · resigned 1999-03-02
Resigned
FRANCHI, Osvaldo Antonio→
secretary · resigned 1991-02-28
Resigned
DI MEO, Gina→
director · ~92y · resigned 1991-02-28
Resigned
DURANTE, Gina→
director · ~94y · resigned 1998-03-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property03/07/1985—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property16/08/1971—
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Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-23