PIX INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC185718 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-12

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 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£154.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 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: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £154,822

Net assets shrinking

Down £38,859 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£155k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£276k

↓ 5.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£154.8k	£193.7k
Current assets	£275.8k	£293.2k
Net assets	£154.8k	£193.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #1
Lender: Signed & Sealed Limited
1998-08-20
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PORTER, Michael Mclean appointed
secretary
1998-08-20
➕
PORTER, David Henderson appointed
director
1998-08-20
➕
PORTER, Michael Mclean appointed
director
1998-08-20
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JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE resigned
corporate-secretary
1998-08-20
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BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1998-05-12
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Company incorporated
As PIX INVESTMENTS LIMITED
1998-05-12
➕
JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE appointed
corporate-secretary
1998-05-12
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BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Signed & Sealed Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Signed & Sealed Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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PIX INVESTMENTS LIMITED

This company · SC185718

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Signed & Sealed Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-05-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC18140 — SIC 18140

Registered office

46 Dee Street

Aberdeen

AB11 6DS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-01

Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PORTER, Michael Mclean→

secretary · appointed 1998-08-20

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Active

PORTER, David Henderson→

director · ~62y · appointed 1998-08-20

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Active

PORTER, Michael Mclean→

director · ~67y · appointed 1998-08-20

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Active

JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-05-12 · resigned 1998-08-20

Resigned

BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 1998-05-12 · resigned 1998-08-20

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Signed & Sealed Signed & Sealed Limited	Floating charge	1 property	04/09/2003	—

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