PENTLAND COMPONENT PARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC082096 · ltd · incorporated 1983-03-07

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 42.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45310

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

3 live charges · oldest 42.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 42.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 miscellaneous

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-05
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2026-02-03
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2024-12-13
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accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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2022-11-21
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accounts · AA
2022-02-23
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accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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accounts · AA
2020-07-31
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2020-07-31
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2020-07-31
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officers · CH03
2020-07-31
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accounts · AA
2002-07-01
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SMALL, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
1999-09-01
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SMALL, Alexander David appointed
director
1999-09-01
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SMALL, Richard Gordon appointed
director
1988-04-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1984-01-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1983-06-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1983-03-07
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Company incorporated
As PENTLAND COMPONENT PARTS 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — 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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander David Small Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/07/2016
Mr Richard Gordon Small Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/07/2016
Miss Jacqueline Ann Small Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/07/2016

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

Incorporated1983-03-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

41 St. Clair Street

Edinburgh

Lothian

EH6 8LB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-21

Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

SMALL, Esther→

secretary

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Active

SMALL, Alexander David→

director · ~53y · appointed 1999-09-01

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SMALL, Esther→

director · ~82y

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SMALL, Gordon→

director · ~86y

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SMALL, Jacqueline Ann→

director · ~49y · appointed 2002-07-01

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SMALL, Richard Gordon→

director · ~55y · appointed 1999-09-01

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	18/04/1988	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	27/01/1984	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	23/06/1983	—

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Recent filings (120 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-02-05

legacy

miscellaneous · ANNOTATION

2026-02-03