PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC158127 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-18

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 30.2y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £205,237

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Profit before tax	£205.2k	£2.24M
Average employees	68	6800

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
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MACCORMICK, Neil Alexander appointed
director
2025-09-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-13
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2022-09-13
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2022-09-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-09-06
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Dennis O'hara, Campbell Mcfall, and Andrew Lawson
2022-09-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-08-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-26
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-25
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Dennis O'hara, Campbell Mcfall, and Andrew Lawson
2022-08-24
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-04
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Dennis O'hara, Campbell Mcfall, and Andrew Lawson
2022-06-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-16
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Charge satisfied #7
2022-01-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-01-19
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MOORE, David appointed
director
2013-08-13
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Charge satisfied #5
2013-08-13
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Charge satisfied #4
2012-09-12
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-09-07
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-02-25
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Charge satisfied #3
2004-08-25
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-07-26
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-07-16
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Charge satisfied #2
2004-07-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2004-06-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-07-31
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MALCOLM, Alan David Mcharg resigned
director
2000-08-28
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MALCOLM, Alan David Mcharg appointed
director
1997-08-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1996-03-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1995-05-18
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Company incorporated
As PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED
1995-05-18
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MCFALL, Campbell appointed
secretary
1995-05-18
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LAWSON, Andrew appointed
director
1995-05-18
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MCFALL, Campbell appointed
director
1995-05-18
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OHARA, Dennis appointed
director
1995-05-18
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REID, Brian appointed
secretary
1995-05-18
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REID, Brian resigned
secretary
1995-05-18
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1995-05-18
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Employee Ownership Trustees Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Employee Ownership Trustees Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED

This company · SC158127

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Employee Ownership Trustees Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	12/08/2022

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Campbell Mcfallceased 12/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Andrew Lawsonceased 12/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Dennis O'Haraceased 12/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-05-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

26 Whistleberry Industrial Estate

Hamilton

ML3 0ED

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-30

Last: 2025-05-16