STOCKTEX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC061865 · ltd · incorporated 1977-03-07
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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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£240.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £240,596

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£241k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£153k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£48k£96k£144k£192k£241kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£240.6k£236.8k
Current assets£153.2k£202.7k
Net assets£240.6k£236.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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  2. 2024-10-29
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  3. 2023-10-31
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  4. 2022-10-31
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  5. 2021-10-28
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  6. 2021-01-27
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  7. 2019-10-30
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  8. 2018-10-29
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  9. 2017-11-10
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  10. 2016-10-28
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  11. 2016-02-22
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  12. 2015-10-30
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  13. 2015-02-19
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  14. 2014-10-31
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  15. 2014-02-15
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  16. 1997-06-18
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    GOWANS, James resigned
    director
  17. 1994-11-01
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    GOWANS, Mary Jane resigned
    director
  18. 1977-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As STOCKTEX LIMITED

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 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rodney James Gowans
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Norman George Gowans
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1977-03-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

81 King Street
Castle Douglas
Kirkcudbrightshire
DG7 1AQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GOWANS, Norman George→
secretary
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GOWANS, Norman George→
director · ~74y
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GOWANS, Rodney James→
director · ~74y
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Active
GOWANS, James→
director · ~109y · resigned 1997-06-18
Resigned
GOWANS, Mary Jane→
director · ~111y · resigned 1994-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
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accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
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accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-14