POWERMASTER COOLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC085282 · ltd · incorporated 1983-10-28
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 37.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.19M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,186,489
Cash YoY
+200%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£900k
↑ 200% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£497k£994k£1.5m£2.0m£2.5mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.20M£1.91M
Current assets£2.48M£2.34M
Cash£900.2k£300.5k
Debtors£1.58M£2.04M
Net assets£2.19M£1.91M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2024-05-02
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  4. 2023-12-08
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  5. 2022-09-27
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  6. 2021-08-26
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  7. 2020-09-30
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  8. 2020-07-23
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  9. 2019-09-04
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  10. 2018-12-10
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  11. 2018-07-06
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  12. 2018-07-06
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  13. 2018-07-06
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-10-20
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  15. 2016-09-15
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  16. 2011-10-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2011-07-01
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    SHEPHERD, Anne resigned
    director
  18. 2008-06-25
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    SHEPHERD, Steven appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-06-25
    ➕
    SHEPHERD, Steven appointed
    director
  20. 2008-06-25
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    SHEPHERD, Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-25
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    COLLINS, Alan John resigned
    director
  22. 1990-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 1989-10-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  24. 1989-01-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 1983-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As POWERMASTER COOLING LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Powermaster Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Powermaster Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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POWERMASTER COOLING LIMITED
This company · SC085282

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Powermaster Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1983-10-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

Unit 4 Munro Road
Springkerse Industrial Estate
Stirling
FK7 7UU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SHEPHERD, Steven→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-25
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Active
SHEPHERD, Steven→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-06-25
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Active
SHEPHERD, Steven William→
director · ~75y
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Active
SHEPHERD, Anne→
secretary · resigned 2008-06-25
Resigned
COLLINS, Alan John→
director · ~80y · resigned 2008-03-25
Resigned
SHEPHERD, Anne→
director · ~74y · resigned 2011-07-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property14/10/198925/10/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property06/01/198905/02/1990

Recent filings (108 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-04