INTERLOCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC057982 · ltd · incorporated 1975-07-02

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.5y

95/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £917,145

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£917.1k	—
Average employees	20	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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HETHERINGTON, Ian Dellow resigned
director
2024-12-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-05
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BEATON, Iain Alasdair appointed
director
2024-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-15
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PANDIT, Bhaven Lalji Dayaram resigned
director
2023-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-02-23
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-02-23
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-02-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-02-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-20
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BERNARD, Stanley resigned
secretary
2021-02-20
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BERNARD, Adam Ben resigned
director
2021-02-20
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BERNARD, Stanley resigned
director
2021-02-20
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HETHERINGTON, Ian Dellow appointed
director
2021-02-20
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PANDIT, Bhaven Lalji Dayaram appointed
director
2021-02-20
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-04-23
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BERNARD, Deirdre resigned
secretary
2020-04-23
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BERNARD, Stanley appointed
secretary
2020-04-23
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BERNARD, Deirdre resigned
director
2016-03-15
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BERNARD, Adam Ben appointed
director
2014-11-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
1975-07-02
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Company incorporated
As INTERLOCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Wismettac Harro Foods Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wismettac Harro Foods Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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INTERLOCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED

This company · SC057982

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
Wismettac Harro Foods Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/02/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Stanley Bernardceased 20/02/2021· 75-100% shares

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.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1975-07-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

229 St Vincent Street

Glasgow

G2 5QY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-12

Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

BEATON, Iain Alasdair→

director · ~72y · appointed 2024-12-05

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Active

BERNARD, Deirdre→

secretary · resigned 2020-04-23

Resigned

BERNARD, Stanley→

secretary · appointed 2020-04-23 · resigned 2021-02-20

Resigned

BERNARD, Adam Ben→

director · ~50y · appointed 2016-03-15 · resigned 2021-02-20

Resigned

BERNARD, Deirdre→

director · ~76y · resigned 2020-04-23

Resigned

BERNARD, Stanley→

director · ~79y · resigned 2021-02-20

Resigned

HETHERINGTON, Ian Dellow→

director · ~62y · appointed 2021-02-20 · resigned 2024-12-12

Resigned

PANDIT, Bhaven Lalji Dayaram→

director · ~54y · appointed 2021-02-20 · resigned 2023-12-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	25/11/2014	—

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Recent filings (116 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2026-04-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-03

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-12-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2024-05-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-03

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-01-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2023-05-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2022-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2021-12-22

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2021-12-22