PARK'S OF HAMILTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

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SC066568 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-07

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£31.08M

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 12 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

52 live charges · 12 lenders · oldest 44.9y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 44.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 12 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

52 charges (52/52 with lender, 52/52 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

289 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £31,081,690

Net assets shrinking

Down £83,669,205 YoY

Cash YoY

+77938%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£11m

↑ 77938% YoY

Net Worth

£31m

↓ 73% YoY

Current Assets

£35m

↑ 80% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£31.08M	£114.75M
Current assets	£35.34M	£19.64M
Cash	£10.90M	£14.0k
Debtors	£24.43M	£19.62M
Net assets	£31.08M	£114.75M

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

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4 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 mortgage
• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 mortgage
• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (135 events)Click to expand

2026-04-18
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officers · TM01
2026-04-05
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HARE, Robert Brown resigned
director
2026-03-16
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officers · CH01
2026-03-16
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officers · CH01
2026-03-10
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2026-03-04
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2026-03-04
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2026-02-26
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mortgage · MR04
2026-02-26
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Charge satisfied #31
2026-02-24
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mortgage · MR01
2026-02-20
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Charge registered #65
Lender: Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC
2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2025-02-14
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-15
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2025-01-15
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2025-01-15
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2025-01-07
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mortgage · MR01
2024-12-31
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Charge registered #64
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC (As Security Agent)
2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-06
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incorporation · MA
2024-12-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-13
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mortgage · MR04
2024-11-13
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mortgage · MR04
2024-11-13
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mortgage · MR04
2024-11-13
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mortgage · MR04
2024-10-29
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PARK, Douglas Ireland resigned
director
2024-03-26
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Charge satisfied #33
2024-03-26
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Charge satisfied #32
2022-05-31
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BRYCE, Alexander Stewart resigned
director
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #44
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #43
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #42
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #41
2020-05-30
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2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #39
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #38
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #37
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #36
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #35
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #34
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #29
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #27
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #22
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #10
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #9
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #8
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #6
2020-05-30
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Charge satisfied #5

Showing most recent 50 of 135 events

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PARK" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

22 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Park's Of Hamilton (Investments) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Park's Of Hamilton (Investments) Limited

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

ultimate parent

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PARK'S OF HAMILTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

This company · SC066568

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
Park's Of Hamilton (Investments) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	29/10/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Douglas Ireland Parkceased 29/10/2024· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1978-12-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Park House

14 Bothwell Road

Hamilton

Lanarkshire

ML3 0AY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-17

Last: 2026-05-03