STRATHCLYDE WINDSCREENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC154243 · ltd · incorporated 1994-11-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
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
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£50.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 31.4y

65/100
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.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £50,037

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£50k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£84k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£35k£53k£71k£88kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£50.0k£40.0k
Current assets£84.3k£88.5k
Net assets£50.0k£40.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-07-24
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  6. 2023-01-26
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    address · AD01
  7. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2009-10-01
    ➕
    LAING, Lori appointed
    director
  16. 2006-11-15
    ➕
    LAING, Lori appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-11-15
    ➖
    PRENTICE, June resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-11-10
    ➖
    PRENTICE, Isabella resigned
    director
  19. 2005-11-01
    ➕
    PRENTICE, June appointed
    director
  20. 1995-03-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 1994-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As STRATHCLYDE WINDSCREENS LIMITED
  22. 1994-11-14
    ➕
    PRENTICE, June appointed
    secretary
  23. 1994-11-14
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1994-11-14
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1994-11-14
    ➕
    PRENTICE, Isabella appointed
    director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss June Prentice
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares26/09/2016

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
Incorporated1994-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

2 Burnbank Road
Hamilton
ML3 9AZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LAING, Lori→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-15
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Active
LAING, Lori→
director · ~35y · appointed 2009-10-01
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Active
PRENTICE, June→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-11-01
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Active
PRENTICE, June→
secretary · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-15
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 1994-11-14
Resigned
PRENTICE, Isabella→
director · ~95y · appointed 1994-11-14 · resigned 2005-11-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property03/03/1995—
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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14