PLACE D'OR 456 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC177144 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-10
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
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 employees3100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-07-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-06-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-06-23
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2024-10-16
    ➕
    HUGHES, Anne appointed
    director
  8. 2024-10-16
    ➕
    WEST JNR, Alexander appointed
    director
  9. 2024-10-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-10-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-12-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2021-03-26
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  17. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-06-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-06-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-03-10
    ➖
    WEST, Charlotte Eleanor resigned
    director
  21. 2019-07-31
    ➕
    WEST, Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2019-07-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Graham Joseph resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-04-18
    ➖
    REID, James Cheyne resigned
    secretary
  24. 2002-04-18
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Graham Joseph appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-08-14
    ➕
    REID, James Cheyne appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-08-14
    ➖
    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-07-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PLACE D'OR 456 LIMITED
  28. 1997-07-10
    ➕
    WEST, Alexander appointed
    director
  29. 1997-07-10
    ➕
    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-07-10
    ➕
    HUNTER, Neil Cameron appointed
    nominee-director
  31. 1997-07-10
    ➖
    HUNTER, Neil Cameron resigned
    nominee-director
  32. 1997-07-10
    ➕
    RENNIE, Thomas George appointed
    nominee-director
  33. 1997-07-10
    ➖
    RENNIE, Thomas George resigned
    nominee-director
  34. 1997-07-10
    ➕
    WEST, Charlotte Eleanor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander West Jnr
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Alexander West
Individual · British · DOB 04/1943 · age 83
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest01/04/2025
Mrs Anne Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest01/04/2025
Mr Graham Joseph Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest01/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexander Westceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% shares

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

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7 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
Incorporated1997-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

Heritage House
141 Shore Street
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 9BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

WEST, Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2019-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Anne→
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEST, Alexander→
director · ~83y · appointed 1997-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEST JNR, Alexander→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, James Cheyne→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-14 · resigned 2002-04-18
Resigned
TAYLOR, Graham Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-18 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned
PETERKINS, SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-10 · resigned 1998-08-14
Resigned
HUNTER, Neil Cameron→
nominee-director · ~69y · appointed 1997-07-10 · resigned 1997-07-10
Resigned
RENNIE, Thomas George→
nominee-director · ~79y · appointed 1997-07-10 · resigned 1997-07-10
Resigned
WEST, Charlotte Eleanor→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-07-10 · resigned 2020-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14