EPSCO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC140759 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-16

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 31.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.4y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

121 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	2100	2100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-04
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mortgage · MR01
2024-10-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Suart Oliber Smith
2024-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-06
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-12-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-06
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officers · CH01
2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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accounts · AA
2018-12-04
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LESSLIE, Craig Michael appointed
director
2006-06-21
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SMITH, Kristjan Thode appointed
director
2002-07-31
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Charge satisfied #1
1995-12-08
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DOKKEN, Ellen resigned
director
1995-12-08
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JOANNOU, Andrew resigned
director
1995-08-14
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JOANNOU, Andrew appointed
director
1994-12-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1993-08-11
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KRISTJANSSON, Marion Elisabeth appointed
director
1992-12-08
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DOKKEN, Ellen appointed
director
1992-11-25
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KRISTJANSSON, Marion Elisabeth appointed
secretary
1992-11-25
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LEDINGHAM CHALMERS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-10-28
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SMITH, Stuart appointed
director
1992-10-28
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DURANO LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1992-10-16
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Company incorporated
As EPSCO LIMITED
1992-10-16
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LEDINGHAM CHALMERS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-10-16
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DURANO LIMITED appointed
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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Marion Elisabeth Kristjansson Individual · Icelandic · DOB 05/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Smith Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1992-10-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Units 1-4 Arran Road

Arran Road

Perth

PH1 3DZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last: 2025-11-16