MIRREN DRAWING OFFICE SERVICES LIMITED

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SC069909 · ltd · incorporated 1979-11-08

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 36.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.8y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 36.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

114 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

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	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	—	£647.6k
Current assets	—	£143.4k
Cash	—	£19.0k
Debtors	—	£122.2k
Net assets	—	£599.6k
Average employees	200	—

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 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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2024-02-29
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2023-10-19
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-19
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-19
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Charge satisfied #7
2023-10-19
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Charge satisfied #6
2023-10-18
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-18
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Charge satisfied #5
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-02-16
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2022-07-06
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DINARDO, Carlo resigned
director
2022-02-25
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2021-05-28
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2020-02-28
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2019-02-27
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2018-02-27
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2017-02-24
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2016-03-03
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2012-10-04
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2012-10-04
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2012-09-27
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-12-15
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DINARDO, Gwen Marie appointed
director
2002-07-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-07-16
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Charge satisfied #4
2002-07-16
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Charge satisfied #3
2002-07-16
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Charge satisfied #2
2000-05-01
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DINARDO, Karen Rutherford appointed
director
2000-05-01
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DINARDO, Lorraine Ruth Bathgate, Dr appointed
director
2000-05-01
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DINARDO, Carlo appointed
director
1995-02-17
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DINARDO, Irene Rutherford resigned
secretary
1994-02-01
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COLL, Frances resigned
director
1993-05-31
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DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine appointed
director
1993-03-11
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1993-02-15
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DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine appointed
secretary
1993-02-15
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DINARDO, Irene Rutherford resigned
director
1990-02-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1989-09-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1989-09-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1979-11-08
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Company incorporated
As MIRREN DRAWING OFFICE SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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 ·

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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Irene Rutherford Dinardo Individual · British · DOB 03/1939 · age 87	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated1979-11-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

119 Renfrew Road

Paisley

PA3 4EA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20