PLUMBING PENSIONS (U.K.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC056632 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1974-11-05

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

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Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

60 officers (8 active, 60 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

217 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (121 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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2025-10-16
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2024-11-06
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2024-07-01
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GRAHAM, Stephen Charles appointed
secretary
2024-07-01
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officers · AP03
2024-07-01
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officers · TM02
2024-06-30
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YATES, Kathleen Jennifer resigned
secretary
2024-04-05
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officers · CH02
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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2023-10-02
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officers · TM01
2023-10-01
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TROJAN RESOURCES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2023-09-30
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FORSTER, Garry James resigned
director
2022-12-19
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incorporation · MA
2022-12-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-12-02
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officers · AP02
2022-12-01
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CHALMERS, Craig appointed
director
2022-12-01
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ANDY MCKINNELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2022-12-01
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THE TRUSTEE CORPORATION LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2022-12-01
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2022-12-01
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2022-12-01
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2022-11-30
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KLEIN, Silviu Thomas Rudolph resigned
director
2022-11-30
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PICKERING CBE, Alan Michael resigned
director
2022-11-30
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PRICE, Robert Edward resigned
director
2022-11-30
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ROSS TRUSTEES SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2022-11-30
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2022-11-30
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2022-11-30
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2022-10-13
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2022-07-14
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SYSON, Steven Richard resigned
director
2021-09-21
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ROSS TRUSTEES SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2021-07-15
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BEAUMONT, Andrew Martin resigned
director
2021-06-18
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BRIDGER, Jonathan Michael resigned
director
2020-11-24
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FORSTER, Garry James appointed
director
2020-11-24
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KLEIN, Silviu Thomas Rudolph appointed
director
2020-05-29
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FREW, Alexander Richard resigned
director
2019-05-28
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BLACKHALL, John Douglas resigned
director
2017-11-29
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ANDERSON, John resigned
director
2017-11-29
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BLACKHALL, John Douglas appointed
director
2017-11-29
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BREAKELL, John Gavin resigned
director
2017-11-29
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MATHESON, Gordon Stewart resigned
director
2017-11-01
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KB INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES LTD appointed
corporate-director
2017-11-01
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BRIDGER, Jonathan Michael appointed
director
2017-05-19
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TUFF, Michael resigned
director
2017-01-04
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BREAKELL, John Gavin appointed
director
2016-12-08
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YATES, Kathleen Jennifer appointed
secretary

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Plumbing Pensions Employers Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Plumbing Pensions Employers Limited

Corporate parent

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PLUMBING PENSIONS (U.K.) LIMITED

This company · SC056632

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Plumbing Pensions Employers Limited Corporate entity	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	30/11/2022

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Snipef Management Ltdceased 30/11/2022· 25-50% voting
Association Of Plumbing & Heating Contractors Ltdceased 30/11/2022· 25-50% voting
Uniteceased 12/07/2016· 25-50% voting · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1974-11-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC65300 — Pension funding

Registered office

Bellevue House

22 Hopetoun Street

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH7 4GH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12