EASYSTORE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC051707 · ltd · incorporated 1972-11-03

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
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officers · TM01
2020-01-14
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officers · TM02
2019-12-31
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COOPER, Margaret Marshall resigned
secretary
2019-12-31
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COOPER, Margaret Marshall resigned
director
2019-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-01-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2011-11-30
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COOPER, Derek John Andrew appointed
director
1972-11-03
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Company incorporated
As EASYSTORE LTD.

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Alfred Cooper Individual · British · DOB 01/1935 · age 91	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	03/11/2016

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

Incorporated1972-11-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Seabegs Road

Bonnybridge

Stirlingshire

FK4 2BT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COOPER, Derek John Andrew→

director · ~55y · appointed 2011-11-30

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Active

COOPER, John Alfred→

director · ~91y

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Active

COOPER, Margaret Marshall→

secretary · resigned 2019-12-31

Resigned

COOPER, Margaret Marshall→

director · ~85y · resigned 2019-12-31

Resigned

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