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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 24.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

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 24.4y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.4 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 (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

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

79 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

2 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	2025-03-30	2024-03-30
Total assets	£99.1k	£99.1k
Current assets	£14.30M	£14.30M
Net assets	£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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-11-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-30

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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