PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC224666 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-29
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 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.8 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: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees232500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2024-05-28
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  3. 2023-06-19
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  4. 2022-09-22
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  5. 2021-05-26
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  6. 2020-06-26
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  7. 2019-08-08
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  8. 2018-06-18
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  9. 2017-05-23
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  10. 2016-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2016-03-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2015-11-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-30
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  15. 2014-11-20
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  16. 2014-05-21
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  17. 2011-07-22
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2010-06-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 2008-07-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland
  20. 2005-01-01
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    MCKEOWN, Desmond Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-16
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    MCKENNA, Alison Clare appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-16
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    WHYTE, Jennifer resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-07-01
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    MCKENNA, Adrian Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2002-06-30
    ➖
    GREEN, Margaret resigned
    director
  25. 2002-02-14
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    MCGINLAY, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-02-14
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    WHYTE, Jennifer appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    GREEN, Margaret appointed
    director
  28. 2002-02-14
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    MCGINLAY, Patrick David resigned
    director
  29. 2001-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
  30. 2001-10-29
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    MCGINLAY, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  31. 2001-10-29
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2001-10-29
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2001-10-29
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    MCGINLAY, Patrick David appointed
    director
  34. 2001-10-29
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2001-10-29
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Paul Mckenna
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 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.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

203-213 Orbiston Street
Motherwell
Lanarkshire
ML1 1QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MCKENNA, Alison Clare→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKENNA, Adrian Paul→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKEOWN, Desmond Michael→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGINLAY, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-29 · resigned 2002-02-14
Resigned
WHYTE, Jennifer→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-14 · resigned 2003-05-16
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-29 · resigned 2001-10-29
Resigned
GREEN, Margaret→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-02-14 · resigned 2002-06-30
Resigned
MCGINLAY, Patrick David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-10-29 · resigned 2002-02-14
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-29 · resigned 2001-10-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property22/07/2011—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property28/06/2010—
satisfied
The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland
Floating charge1 property10/07/200817/03/2016
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-02