EYESUPPLY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC211557 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-02
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 21.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£274.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47749
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.4y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
77 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £274,760

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£113k
Net Worth
£275k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£55k£110k£165k£220k£275kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£113.4k—
Net assets£274.8k—
Average employees—200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-10-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-12-01
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    CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert appointed
    director
  8. 2021-12-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-04-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-04-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-04-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-03-28
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    CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2018-03-28
    ➖
    CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert resigned
    director
  19. 2018-03-28
    ➖
    MILLIGAN, James resigned
    director
  20. 2017-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-08-02
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    SINCLAIR, Donald Archibald appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  23. 2006-06-02
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    THOM, William Hume resigned
    director
  24. 2004-12-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 2001-10-02
    ➕
    MILLIGAN, James appointed
    director
  26. 2000-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As EYESUPPLY LTD.
  27. 2000-10-02
    ➕
    CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert appointed
    secretary
  28. 2000-10-02
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-10-02
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-10-02
    ➕
    CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert appointed
    director
  31. 2000-10-02
    ➕
    THOM, William Hume appointed
    director
  32. 2000-10-02
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2000-10-02
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Donald Archibald Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control03/03/2022
Mr Keith Thomas Robert Clark
Individual · British · DOB 03/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Milliganceased 08/02/2022· 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
Incorporated2000-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47749 — SIC 47749

Registered office

Unit 55 Imex Business Centre
Dryden Road
Bilston Glen Industrial Estate
Edinburgh
EH20 9LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert→
director · ~84y · appointed 2021-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR, Donald Archibald→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-02 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-02 · resigned 2000-10-02
Resigned
CLARK, Keith Thomas Robert→
director · ~84y · appointed 2000-10-02 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned
MILLIGAN, James→
director · ~87y · appointed 2001-10-02 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned
THOM, William Hume→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-10-02 · resigned 2006-06-02
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-02 · resigned 2000-10-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property02/10/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property16/12/2004—
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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06