IMAGING SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC176285 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-11
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 28.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46660SIC 46660
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees5500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-09-30
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  5. 2021-09-27
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  6. 2020-12-16
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  7. 2019-09-17
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  8. 2018-09-24
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  9. 2017-09-27
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  10. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-07-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-01
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2015-07-01
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2014-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-10-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  17. 1997-06-20
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    CLARKE, Alan David appointed
    director
  18. 1997-06-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 1997-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As IMAGING SUPPLIES LIMITED
  20. 1997-06-11
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    SCOBBIE, Graeme appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-06-11
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    SCOBBIE, Graeme appointed
    director
  22. 1997-06-11
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    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-06-11
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    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-06-11
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    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1997-06-11
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    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1997-06-11
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    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1997-06-11
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    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 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 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 Alan David Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence17/06/2016
Mr Graeme Scobbie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence17/06/2016

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
Incorporated1997-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Unit 4 Block 7
Cooperage Way
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
FK10 3LP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SCOBBIE, Graeme→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-11
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Active
CLARKE, Alan David→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-06-20
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Active
SCOBBIE, Graeme→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-06-11
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Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-11 · resigned 1997-06-11
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-11 · resigned 1997-06-11
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-11 · resigned 1997-06-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property28/10/2010—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property20/06/1997—
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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-24