LOCAL PLANET SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC169179 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£73.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.8 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
80 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £73,908
Net assets shrinking
Down £38,497 YoY
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£84k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£74k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£219k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£48k£96k£143k£191k£239kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£73.9k£121.0k
Current assets£219.1k£238.8k
Cash£84.4k£73.2k
Debtors£133.6k£164.6k
Net assets£73.9k£112.4k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-25
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  3. 2024-04-12
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  4. 2023-11-23
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  5. 2023-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-07
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    MANN, Robert Richard John appointed
    director
  11. 2019-06-07
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-04
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  14. 2017-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-06-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-05-31
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    BRENNAN, Fiona Kirsty resigned
    director
  17. 2009-07-24
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    COMBE, Stephen Bell resigned
    director
  18. 2000-07-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    BRENNAN, Fiona Kirsty appointed
    director
  20. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    COMBE, Stephen Bell appointed
    director
  21. 1996-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As LOCAL PLANET SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  22. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    BRENNAN, Paul John appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    BRENNAN, Paul John appointed
    director
  24. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    RADCLIFFE, Stuart appointed
    director
  25. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    A.A. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1996-10-21
    ➖
    A.A. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    BUYVIEW LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 1996-10-21
    ➖
    BUYVIEW LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

Why Settle Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Why Settle Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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LOCAL PLANET SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · SC169179

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Why Settle Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/10/2021
Mr Paul John Brennan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Fiona Kirsty Brennanceased 04/01/2017· 25-50% shares

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

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6 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
Incorporated1996-10-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

The Building Design Centre
125 Muir Street
Hamilton
Lanarkshire
ML3 6BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BRENNAN, Paul John→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-21
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Active
BRENNAN, Paul John→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-10-21
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Active
MANN, Robert Richard John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-06-07
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Active
RADCLIFFE, Stuart→
director · ~61y · appointed 1996-10-21
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Active
A.A. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-10-21 · resigned 1996-10-21
Resigned
BRENNAN, Fiona Kirsty→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-03-26 · resigned 2017-05-31
Resigned
COMBE, Stephen Bell→
director · ~53y · appointed 1997-03-26 · resigned 2009-07-24
Resigned
BUYVIEW LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1996-10-21 · resigned 1996-10-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/07/2000—
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-09