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.
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 26.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£122.2k
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 26.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.0 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 (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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
81 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 £122,193
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£72k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£122k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£223k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£48k£96k£143k£191k£239kOct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£122.2k£73.9k£121.0k
Current assets£223.4k£219.1k£238.8k
Cash£71.9k£84.4k£73.2k
Debtors£139.9k£133.6k£164.6k
Net assets£122.2k£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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2024-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2023-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-07
    ➕
    MANN, Robert Richard John appointed
    director
  12. 2019-06-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-06-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-05-31
    ➖
    BRENNAN, Fiona Kirsty resigned
    director
  18. 2009-07-24
    ➖
    COMBE, Stephen Bell resigned
    director
  19. 2000-07-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    BRENNAN, Fiona Kirsty appointed
    director
  21. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    COMBE, Stephen Bell appointed
    director
  22. 1996-10-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LOCAL PLANET SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  23. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    BRENNAN, Paul John appointed
    secretary
  24. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    BRENNAN, Paul John appointed
    director
  25. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    RADCLIFFE, Stuart appointed
    director
  26. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    A.A. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1996-10-21
    ➖
    A.A. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1996-10-21
    ➕
    BUYVIEW LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 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: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
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 (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-20
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