PROMAT BD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC208370 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-21
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 25.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 25.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,116,496
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Profit before tax | £1.12M | £1.29M |
| Average employees | 8500 | 7200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-31➖MARSH, David John resigneddirector
- 2020-03-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-16📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-01-16📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-01-07➕BARNES, Leslie Clifton appointedsecretary
- 2020-01-07➖PREEDY, James Robert resignedsecretary
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-09-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2004-11-01➕BARNES, Leslie Clifton appointeddirector
- 2003-07-08➕PREEDY, Simon John appointeddirector
- 2002-04-29➕PREEDY, James Robert appointedsecretary
- 2002-04-29➖LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2001-10-12➖KIRKWOOD, Carole Ann resignedsecretary
- 2001-10-12➕LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2001-10-12➖KIRKWOOD, Carole Ann resigneddirector
- 2001-10-12➖KIRKWOOD, Iain William Maclean resigneddirector
- 2001-10-12➕MARSH, David John appointeddirector
- 2001-01-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2001-01-10➕KIRKWOOD, Carole Ann appointeddirector
- 2001-01-05➖KIRKWOOD, Nicola Ann resigneddirector
- 2000-07-18➕KIRKWOOD, Carole Ann appointedsecretary
- 2000-07-18➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-07-18➕KIRKWOOD, Iain William Maclean appointeddirector
- 2000-07-18➕KIRKWOOD, Nicola Ann appointeddirector
- 2000-07-18➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-06-21🏢Company incorporatedAs PROMAT BD LIMITED
- 2000-06-21➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-21➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Mtf Holding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Mtf Holding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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PROMAT BD LIMITED
This company · SC208370
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 |
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Mtf Holding Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
3 Buccleuch Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4NR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18
Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)
BARNES, Leslie Clifton→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARNES, Leslie Clifton→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2004-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PREEDY, Simon John→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KIRKWOOD, Carole Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2001-10-12
PREEDY, James Robert→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-04-29 · resigned 2020-01-07
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-21 · resigned 2000-07-18
LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2001-10-12 · resigned 2002-04-29
KIRKWOOD, Carole Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2001-01-10 · resigned 2001-10-12
KIRKWOOD, Iain William Maclean→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2001-10-12
KIRKWOOD, Nicola Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2001-01-05
MARSH, David John→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2001-10-12 · resigned 2020-03-31
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-21 · resigned 2000-07-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 26/01/2001 | 07/09/2012 |
Recent filings (99 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-31
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-01-16