PURVIS MARQUEE HIRE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC064072 · ltd · incorporated 1978-02-13

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 17.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Event catering activities

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

77210Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 17.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31
Average employees	10

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-06-10
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PRATT, Michael John appointed
director
2018-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-10
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AAMD
2014-06-11
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PRATT, Gordon Wallace appointed
secretary
2014-06-11
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PRATT, Kathleen Currie resigned
secretary
2014-06-11
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PRATT, Kathleen Currie resigned
director
2009-10-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clyde Canvas Goods & Structures LTD
2009-04-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clyde Canvas Goods and Structures Limited
2009-01-31
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ARCHER, John Mcnicoll resigned
director
2007-03-01
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ARCHER, John Mcnicoll appointed
director
1995-05-26
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CASKIE, Craig resigned
secretary
1995-05-26
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PRATT, Kathleen Currie appointed
secretary
1994-05-06
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CASKIE, Craig appointed
secretary
1994-05-06
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PARTNERS IN MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1978-02-13
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Company incorporated
As PURVIS MARQUEE HIRE 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 84 — 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 84 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 48 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Wallace Pratt Individual · British · DOB 01/1942 · age 84	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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

Incorporated1978-02-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

16 Craigleith View

Edinburgh

EH4 3JZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-27

Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

PRATT, Gordon Wallace→

secretary · appointed 2014-06-11

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Active

PRATT, Gordon Wallace→

director · ~84y

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Active

PRATT, Michael John→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-06-10

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Active

CASKIE, Craig→

secretary · appointed 1994-05-06 · resigned 1995-05-26

Resigned

PRATT, Kathleen Currie→

secretary · appointed 1995-05-26 · resigned 2014-06-11

Resigned

PARTNERS IN MANAGEMENT LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · resigned 1994-05-06

Resigned

ARCHER, John Mcnicoll→

director · ~76y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2009-01-31

Resigned

PRATT, Kathleen Currie→

director · ~81y · resigned 2014-06-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Clyde Canvas Goods & Structures Clyde Canvas Goods & Structures LTD	Floating charge	1 property	14/10/2009	—
	outstanding	Clyde Canvas Goods and Structures Clyde Canvas Goods and Structures Limited	Floating charge	1 property	15/04/2009	—

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Recent filings (108 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-01-19

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-12