PCT GROUP SALES LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC075642 · ltd · incorporated 1981-07-23

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 24100

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 44.2y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 44.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

24 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

153 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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £523,938

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£523.9k	£287.0k
Average employees	77	7400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-02
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-02
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-02
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Charge satisfied #7
2025-09-02
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Charge satisfied #6
2025-08-27
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-08-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-01
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-04-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-08
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-11-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-03-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-02-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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officers · TM01
2021-04-15
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AGNEW, William Nicol resigned
director
2021-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-07
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2017-02-06
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GRAINGER, Laurence Douglas resigned
secretary
2017-02-06
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GRAINGER, Laurence Douglas resigned
director
2011-02-23
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MUNRO, James Stuart Peter resigned
director
2010-08-12
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Charge satisfied #5
2010-08-12
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Charge satisfied #4
2010-08-12
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Charge satisfied #3
2010-07-13
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2002-07-10
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ROONEY, Christopher Joseph resigned
director
2001-07-25
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1996-12-01
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GRAINGER, Laurence Douglas appointed
secretary
1996-11-30
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MILLAR, John Russell resigned
secretary
1996-02-12
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LEMOND, Brian Hugh appointed
director
1996-01-25
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RANKIN, Gerald Torbet resigned
director
1995-10-20
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GALBRAITH, Colin Watson resigned
director
1995-09-01
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PYBUS, George Neville resigned
director
1994-02-15
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Charge satisfied #1
1994-02-04
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RANKIN, Gerald Torbet appointed
director
1993-11-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1993-09-01
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HILLMAN, David William resigned
secretary
1993-09-01
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MILLAR, John Russell appointed
secretary
1992-02-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1989-02-01
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DEATCHER, John Hutchinson resigned
director
1989-01-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1982-02-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1981-07-23
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Company incorporated
As PCT GROUP SALES LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Raymond Barratt Agnew Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr William Stuart Wilson Individual · British · DOB 02/1943 · age 83	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Brian Hugh Lemondceased 08/04/2025· significant influence

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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PITREAVIE PACKAGING LIMITED→ SC290452 · est 2005	£4.66M £3.63M–£5.70M	£24.98M	—	15700	20y	84	70y
KELVINSIDE ELECTRONICS LIMITED→ SC105407 · est 1987	£4.29M £3.33M–£5.24M	—	—	6100	38y	84	65y
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THOMAS TUNNOCK LIMITED→ SC028747 · est 1952	£2.26M £1.76M–£2.76M	—	—	653	74y	85	93y
SAMTEC (EUROPE) LIMITED→ SC096674 · est 1986	£1.51M £1.17M–£1.84M	—	—	2700	40y	85	65y
WALKI LIMITED→ SC014320 · est 1926	£439.3k £341.7k–£536.9k	—	—	35	99y	94	61y
LINIAN SUPPLY CO. LIMITED→ SC246119 · est 2003	—	—	—	1400	23y	88	66y
WILLIAMS WINDOW FABRICATION LIMITED→ SC163160 · est 1996 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	—	—
WYLIE-REDMAN (MOULDS) LIMITED→ SC037222 · est 1962 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	64y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1981-07-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC24100 — SIC 24100

Registered office

Dalsetter House

37 Dalsetter Avenue

Glasgow

G15 8TE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

AGNEW, Paul Raymond Barratt→

director · ~79y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEMOND, Brian Hugh→

director · ~73y · appointed 1996-02-12

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Active

WILSON, William Stuart→

director · ~83y

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Active

GRAINGER, Laurence Douglas→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-01 · resigned 2017-02-06

Resigned

HILLMAN, David William→

secretary · resigned 1993-09-01

Resigned

MILLAR, John Russell→

secretary · appointed 1993-09-01 · resigned 1996-11-30

Resigned

AGNEW, William Nicol→

director · ~77y · resigned 2021-04-15

Resigned

DEATCHER, John Hutchinson→

director · ~83y · resigned 1989-02-01

Resigned

GALBRAITH, Colin Watson→

director · ~84y · resigned 1995-10-20

Resigned

GRAINGER, Laurence Douglas→

director · ~83y · resigned 2017-02-06

Resigned

MUNRO, James Stuart Peter→

director · ~78y · resigned 2011-02-23

Resigned

PYBUS, George Neville→

director · ~88y · resigned 1995-09-01

Resigned

RANKIN, Gerald Torbet→

director · ~80y · appointed 1994-02-04 · resigned 1996-01-25

Resigned

ROONEY, Christopher Joseph→

director · ~81y · resigned 2002-07-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	27/08/2025	—
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)	A registered charge	—	07/06/2017	02/09/2025
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	13/07/2010	02/09/2025
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Floating charge	1 property	25/07/2001	12/08/2010
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Floating charge	1 property	03/11/1993	12/08/2010
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	20/02/1992	12/08/2010
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Standard security	1 property	04/01/1989	01/08/2025
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	18/02/1982	15/02/1994

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Recent filings (153 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-09-03

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-09-02

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-09-02

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-04-08

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-04-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-19

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-11-29

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-11-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-17