P.C. TEXTILE WIPERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC187271 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-01
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£284.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £284,831

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£285k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£431k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£86k£172k£258k£345k£431kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£284.8k£220.5k
Current assets£430.8k£357.6k
Net assets£284.8k£220.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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  2. 2025-05-01
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  3. 2024-03-21
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  4. 2023-06-06
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  5. 2022-03-28
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  6. 2020-12-09
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  7. 2020-09-29
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  8. 2020-02-24
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  9. 2019-03-04
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  10. 2018-07-18
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  11. 2017-03-02
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  12. 2017-01-06
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  13. 2017-01-01
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    CUTHBERTSON, James appointed
    director
  14. 2015-12-01
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  15. 2015-07-03
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  16. 2015-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 1998-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As P.C. TEXTILE WIPERS LIMITED
  18. 1998-07-01
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    CUTHBERTSON, Alison Jean Maclolm appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-07-01
    ➕
    CUTHBERTSON, Alexander Mclaren appointed
    director
  20. 1998-07-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1998-07-01
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary

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 68 — 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 68. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Mclaren Cuthbertson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Alison Cuthbertson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1998-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Unit 2, Westfield Trading Estate
Glasgow Road,
Denny
Stirlingshire
FK6 5DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CUTHBERTSON, Alison Jean Maclolm→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-01
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Active
CUTHBERTSON, Alexander Mclaren→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-07-01
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Active
CUTHBERTSON, James→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-01-01
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-07-01 · resigned 1998-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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2025-08-07
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2025-05-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
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accounts · AA
2024-03-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
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2023-06-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-05
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accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-09