P & T CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC226485 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-20

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£22.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £22,215

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,732 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£22k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£26k

↓ 9.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£23.8k	£26.1k
Current assets	£26.3k	£29.0k
Net assets	£22.2k	£24.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-18
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2024-06-04
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2023-09-09
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2022-04-18
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2021-03-17
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2020-04-01
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2019-04-17
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2018-06-12
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2017-06-26
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2016-08-17
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2016-01-12
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2015-08-10
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2015-05-07
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2015-01-05
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2014-07-09
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2002-01-02
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TRAUB, Leonard Turnbull appointed
director
2001-12-31
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TRAUB, Valerie Mary appointed
secretary
2001-12-31
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PYBUS, Michael appointed
director
2001-12-31
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PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
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2001-12-31
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PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
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2001-12-20
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Company incorporated
As P & T CONSULTING LIMITED
2001-12-20
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PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
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2001-12-20
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PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Pybus Individual · British · DOB 06/1942 · age 84	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2001-12-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Braeside 31 Old Perth Road

Milnathort

Kinross

KY13 9YA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TRAUB, Valerie Mary→

secretary · appointed 2001-12-31

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Active

PYBUS, Michael→

director · ~84y · appointed 2001-12-31

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Active

TRAUB, Leonard Turnbull→

director · ~71y · appointed 2002-01-02

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Active

PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-20 · resigned 2001-12-31

Resigned

PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-20 · resigned 2001-12-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-24

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accounts · AA

2025-08-18