ORD STORAGE SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC223112 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-11

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 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52103

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-10-16
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2021-12-23
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2019-12-18
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MACLEAN, Alan appointed
director
2019-12-18
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MACLEAN, Avril appointed
director
2019-12-18
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MACLEAN, Darren appointed
director
2019-12-18
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MACLEAN, Nadine appointed
director
2019-06-03
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MACLEOD & MACCALLUM LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2016-05-17
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MACLEOD & MACCALLUM LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2016-05-17
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MESSRS MACLEOD & MACCALLUM resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-08-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-09-11
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Company incorporated
As ORD STORAGE SERVICES LTD.
2001-09-11
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MACLEAN, John Kenneth appointed
director
2001-09-11
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-09-11
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-09-11
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MESSRS MACLEOD & MACCALLUM appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-09-11
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-09-11
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

Ord Industrial & Commercial Supplies Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Ord Industrial & Commercial Supplies Limited

Corporate parent

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ORD STORAGE SERVICES LTD.

This company · SC223112

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ord Industrial & Commercial Supplies Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant 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

Incorporated2001-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Unit 1 Greenhill Business Park

Tore

IV6 7AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11