LIVERPOOL DAILY CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC113569 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-27
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 37.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 37.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.5 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 (59/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
98 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-01-14
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  12. 2015-11-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-01-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-10-30
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  15. 2013-12-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-07-01
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    BROWN, John Richard resigned
    director
  17. 1998-06-03
    ➕
    BROWN, John Richard appointed
    director
  18. 1993-12-09
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Stewart Mitchell appointed
    secretary
  19. 1993-12-09
    ➖
    KNOWLES, James Strachan Douglas resigned
    secretary
  20. 1993-12-09
    ➖
    KNOWLES, James Strachan Douglas resigned
    director
  21. 1991-11-18
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Stewart Mitchell appointed
    director
  22. 1988-11-04
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1988-11-04
    ➖
    VINDEX LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1988-11-04
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    VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1988-11-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 1988-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As LIVERPOOL DAILY CENTRE LIMITED
  27. 1988-09-27
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1988-09-27
    ➕
    VINDEX LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1988-09-27
    ➕
    VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

Peoples Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Peoples Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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LIVERPOOL DAILY CENTRE LIMITED
This company · SC113569

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
Peoples Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares · trust interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-09-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

Callender Road
Falkirk
FK1 1SQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

RAMSAY, Stewart Mitchell→
secretary · appointed 1993-12-09
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Active
GILDA, Brian Paton→
director · ~77y
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Active
RAMSAY, Stewart Mitchell→
director · ~69y · appointed 1991-11-18
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Active
KNOWLES, James Strachan Douglas→
secretary · resigned 1993-12-09
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1988-09-27 · resigned 1988-11-04
Resigned
BROWN, John Richard→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-06-03 · resigned 2002-07-01
Resigned
KNOWLES, James Strachan Douglas→
director · ~90y · resigned 1993-12-09
Resigned
VINDEX LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1988-09-27 · resigned 1988-11-04
Resigned
VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1988-09-27 · resigned 1988-11-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property04/11/1988—
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Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-20