OLDPL2 LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC174456 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-15
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 28.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£52.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

3 live charges · oldest 28.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.5 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 (82/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
118 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,689

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£53k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£279k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£56k£112k£167k£223k£279kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£52.7k£52.7k
Current assets£278.8k£278.8k
Net assets£52.7k£52.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-18
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  2. 2024-05-04
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  3. 2023-06-19
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  4. 2022-05-24
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  5. 2021-09-06
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  6. 2021-09-06
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-09-06
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  8. 2021-07-21
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  9. 2020-06-22
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  10. 2019-06-26
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  11. 2019-04-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2018-12-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2017-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2001-12-19
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    ROBINSON, David Sean appointed
    secretary
  16. 2001-12-19
    ➖
    MCDAID, Edward resigned
    secretary
  17. 2001-12-19
    ➖
    CONWAY, Peter Michael resigned
    director
  18. 2001-12-19
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    MCDAID, Edward resigned
    director
  19. 2001-12-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2000-03-17
    ➖
    WRIGHT, James Gordon resigned
    director
  21. 2000-03-01
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    CONWAY, Peter Michael appointed
    director
  22. 1999-12-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 1997-12-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 1997-10-10
    ➕
    CLARKE, Brian John appointed
    director
  25. 1997-10-10
    ➕
    WRIGHT, James Gordon appointed
    director
  26. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    MCDAID, Edward appointed
    director
  27. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    O'NEILL, Stephen resigned
    director
  28. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    ROBINSON, David Sean appointed
    director
  29. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    MCDAID, Edward appointed
    secretary
  30. 1997-04-22
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  31. 1997-04-22
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  32. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    O'NEILL, Stephen appointed
    director
  33. 1997-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As OLDPL2 LTD
  34. 1997-04-15
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  35. 1997-04-15
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian John Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr David Sean Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

25 Newton Place
Glasgow
G3 7PY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

ROBINSON, David Sean→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Brian John→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, David Sean→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDAID, Edward→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-22 · resigned 2001-12-19
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-15 · resigned 1997-04-22
Resigned
CONWAY, Peter Michael→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2001-12-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-15 · resigned 1997-04-22
Resigned
MCDAID, Edward→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2001-12-19
Resigned
O'NEILL, Stephen→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-04-22 · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned
WRIGHT, James Gordon→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-10-10 · resigned 2000-03-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property19/12/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property23/12/1999—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property10/12/1997—
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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29