PACSON LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC114098 · ltd · incorporated 1988-10-20
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
£13.80M
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 36.1y

45/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
19 officers (2 active, 19 linked, 14 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
168 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,097,643
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 45% YoY
Turnover YoY
+45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Turnover£13.80M£9.52M
Operating profit£1.59M£776.8k
Profit before tax£1.10M£418.0k
Average employees87007300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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  2. 2025-06-18
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  3. 2024-07-24
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  4. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-29
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    mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  8. 2021-09-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-09-27
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    mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  10. 2021-09-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2021-09-24
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    Charge satisfied #4
  12. 2021-09-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2021-09-21
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    mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  14. 2021-09-10
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Close Invoice Finance Limited
  15. 2021-09-10
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Close Brothers Limited
  16. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-05-07
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    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  18. 2020-05-05
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    mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  19. 2019-09-11
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    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  20. 2019-09-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2019-08-30
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    mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  22. 2019-08-27
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Scottish Enterprise
  23. 2019-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2015-12-08
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    Charge satisfied #3
  25. 2015-10-10
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    Charge satisfied #2
  26. 2015-07-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  27. 2013-12-20
    ➖
    BELL, Elizabeth Ann Smith resigned
    secretary
  28. 2013-12-20
    ➖
    BELL, Elizabeth Ann Smith resigned
    director
  29. 2013-04-08
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    MCLAREN, John Scrimger appointed
    director
  30. 2010-09-01
    ➖
    BLADES, Graham resigned
    director
  31. 2009-10-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  32. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    BELL, Elizabeth Ann Smith appointed
    secretary
  33. 2008-09-18
    ➖
    HADDEN, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  34. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    BELL, Elizabeth Ann Smith appointed
    director
  35. 2008-09-18
    ➖
    HADDEN, Stephen resigned
    director
  36. 2004-11-05
    ➖
    HALLEY, James Colin Garforth resigned
    director
  37. 2004-05-13
    ➖
    MORRISON, Alexander Peter resigned
    director
  38. 2003-09-25
    ➕
    BLADES, Graham appointed
    director
  39. 2003-08-29
    ➖
    BLADES, Graham resigned
    director
  40. 2003-06-23
    ➖
    WINTERTON, Allan Curtis resigned
    secretary
  41. 2003-06-16
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    HADDEN, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  42. 2003-03-31
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    MORRISON, Alexander Peter appointed
    director
  43. 2003-03-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  44. 2003-02-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  45. 2002-12-10
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    HADDEN, Stephen appointed
    director
  46. 1999-04-14
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    JOHNSTON, George Dyer resigned
    director
  47. 1995-04-25
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    HUNTER, Ian Robert resigned
    secretary
  48. 1995-04-25
    ➕
    WINTERTON, Allan Curtis appointed
    secretary
  49. 1994-12-16
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Keith Donald appointed
    director
  50. 1994-09-21
    ➖
    PRYDE, Eric resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 63 events

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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

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.

Group structure

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

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Pacson Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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PACSON LIMITED
This company · SC114098

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Pacson Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/07/2018
Mr Keith Donald Crawford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Scrimger Mclaren
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC28140 — SIC 28140

Registered office

Unit F
Claverhouse Industrial Park
Dundee
DD4 9UA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 17 resigned)

CRAWFORD, Keith Donald→
director · ~59y · appointed 1994-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAREN, John Scrimger→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Elizabeth Ann Smith→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2013-12-20
Resigned
HADDEN, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2008-09-18
Resigned
HUNTER, Ian Robert→
secretary · appointed 1989-11-02 · resigned 1995-04-25
Resigned
WINTERTON, Allan Curtis→
secretary · appointed 1995-04-25 · resigned 2003-06-23
Resigned
IAIN SMITH & COMPANY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1988-10-20 · resigned 1990-05-04
Resigned
BAXTER, James Robin→
director · ~82y · resigned 1992-09-26
Resigned
BELL, Elizabeth Ann Smith→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2013-12-20
Resigned
BLADES, Graham→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-09-25 · resigned 2010-09-01
Resigned
BLADES, Graham→
director · ~83y · appointed 1993-09-21 · resigned 2003-08-29
Resigned
CLAYSON, Andrew→
director · ~68y · resigned 1993-04-14
Resigned
HADDEN, Stephen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-12-10 · resigned 2008-09-18
Resigned
HALLEY, James Colin Garforth→
director · ~98y · resigned 2004-11-05
Resigned
JEANS, John Buchanan→
director · ~84y · resigned 1992-09-18
Resigned
JOHNSTON, George Dyer→
director · ~94y · appointed 1992-04-07 · resigned 1999-04-14
Resigned
MORRISON, Alexander Peter→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-03-31 · resigned 2004-05-13
Resigned
PRYDE, Eric→
director · ~85y · appointed 1993-09-21 · resigned 1994-09-21
Resigned
ROXBURGH, Roy→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1988-10-20 · resigned 1990-05-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Close Invoice Finance
Close Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—10/09/2021—
outstanding
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited
A registered charge—10/09/2021—
outstanding
Scottish Enterprise
A registered charge—27/08/2019—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/07/201524/09/2021
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property28/10/200908/12/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property18/02/200310/10/2015
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/03/199010/03/2003
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Recent filings (168 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2021-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-27
mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2021-09-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-21