OLDPL1 LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC225047 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-07

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 24.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£99.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (88/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £99,123

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£99k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£14m

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-30	2025-03-30	2024-03-30
Total assets	£99.1k	£99.1k	£99.1k
Current assets	£14.30M	£14.30M	£14.30M
Net assets	£99.1k	£99.1k	£99.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-06-25
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2025-11-18
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2024-12-31
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2023-12-29
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accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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2021-12-06
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2021-02-02
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accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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officers · CH01
2020-12-08
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officers · CH01
2020-12-08
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officers · CH03
2019-06-26
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accounts · AA
2019-04-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-12-30
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accounts · AA
2017-12-11
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accounts · AA
2017-11-29
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address · AD01
2016-12-14
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accounts · AA
2004-07-01
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MCDAID, Edward resigned
director
2001-12-19
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MCDAID, Edward appointed
director
2001-12-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-11-07
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Company incorporated
As OLDPL1 LTD
2001-11-07
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CLARKE, Brian John appointed
secretary
2001-11-07
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CLARKE, Brian John appointed
director
2001-11-07
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ROBINSON, David Sean appointed
director
2001-11-07
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-07
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-11-07
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-11-07
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Sean Robinson Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Brian John Clarke Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2001-11-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

25 Newton Place

Glasgow

G3 7PY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-30

Last made up to: 2026-03-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CLARKE, Brian John→

secretary · appointed 2001-11-07

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Active

CLARKE, Brian John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2001-11-07

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Active

ROBINSON, David Sean→

director · ~62y · appointed 2001-11-07

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-07 · resigned 2001-11-07

Resigned

MCDAID, Edward→

director · ~78y · appointed 2001-12-19 · resigned 2004-07-01

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-07 · resigned 2001-11-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Floating charge	1 property	19/12/2001	—

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