INTEGRATED CEILINGS & PARTITIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC144344 · ltd · incorporated 1993-05-12

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	1	100

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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2025-01-17
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2022-08-29
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2021-11-10
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2020-07-29
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2020-01-16
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2018-08-09
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2016-08-11
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2016-06-06
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2015-08-28
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2015-05-18
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2014-09-04
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2014-05-18
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2013-09-23
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2006-09-01
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URQUHART, Marilyn Craig appointed
director
2006-09-01
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URQUHART, Mark James appointed
director
1999-06-14
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URQUHART, Marilyn Craig resigned
director
1993-05-20
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URQUHART, Marilyn Craig appointed
secretary
1993-05-20
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URQUHART, James Connell appointed
director
1993-05-20
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-05-20
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URQUHART, Marilyn Craig appointed
director
1993-05-20
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-05-12
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Company incorporated
As INTEGRATED CEILINGS & PARTITIONS LIMITED
1993-05-12
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-05-12
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) 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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark James Urquhart Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	18/03/2017

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

Incorporated1993-05-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

16 Ottoline Drive

Troon

Ayrshire

KA10 7AW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-26

Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

URQUHART, Marilyn Craig→

secretary · appointed 1993-05-20

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Active

URQUHART, James Connell→

director · ~79y · appointed 1993-05-20

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Active

URQUHART, Marilyn Craig→

director · ~80y · appointed 2006-09-01

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Active

URQUHART, Mark James→

director · ~49y · appointed 2006-09-01

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-05-12 · resigned 1993-05-20

Resigned

URQUHART, Marilyn Craig→

director · ~80y · appointed 1993-05-20 · resigned 1999-06-14

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-05-12 · resigned 1993-05-20

Resigned

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