OPEX LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC191607 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-01
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees34003400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-08
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-11-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2017-03-31
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2016-02-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2002-11-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2001-04-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: John Basil Raine
  21. 1998-12-14
    ➕
    CONNAGHAN, Evelyn Joyce appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-12-14
    ➕
    CONNAGHAN, Evelyn Joyce appointed
    director
  23. 1998-12-14
    ➕
    CONNAGHAN CBE, John Gerard, Professor appointed
    director
  24. 1998-12-14
    ➕
    KINSLEY WILLIS, Jason appointed
    director
  25. 1998-12-14
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-12-14
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1998-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As OPEX LTD.
  28. 1998-12-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1998-12-01
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Evelyn Joyce Connaghan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/11/2016
Professor John Gerard Connaghan Cbe
Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/11/2016
Mr Jason Kinsley Willis
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/11/2016

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
Incorporated1998-12-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

56 Bridge Road
Colinton
Edinburgh
EH13 0LQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CONNAGHAN, Evelyn Joyce→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONNAGHAN, Evelyn Joyce→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-12-14
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Active
CONNAGHAN CBE, John Gerard, Professor→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KINSLEY WILLIS, Jason→
director · ~57y · appointed 1998-12-14
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 1998-12-14
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 1998-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property31/03/2017—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property23/02/2016—
satisfied
John Basil Raine
Legal charge1 property30/04/200107/11/2002
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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30