LAPLACE BUILDING SOLUTIONS (NORTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC238888 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-30

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 27900

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.2 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 (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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	11	800

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

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3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-03-25
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accounts · AA
2025-02-11
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officers · TM01
2025-02-07
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PATIL, Ashita resigned
director
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
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officers · AP01
2024-02-16
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officers · AP01
2024-02-16
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officers · AP01
2024-02-16
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address · AD01
2024-02-01
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CAMERON, Steven Charles appointed
director
2024-02-01
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GLOWACKI, Jamie appointed
director
2024-02-01
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PATIL, Ashita appointed
director
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
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DEW, Stephen Matthew appointed
director
2022-05-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-23
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MCFARLANE, Craig Duncan resigned
director
2019-10-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-03
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AQUILINA, Michael resigned
director
2019-09-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-03
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AQUILINA, Michael appointed
director
2018-10-03
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officers · AP01
2014-10-01
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MCINTOSH, Michael resigned
director
2014-10-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-02-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2007-04-01
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MURPHY, Alan resigned
director
2006-12-01
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MCFARLANE, Craig Duncan appointed
director
2004-03-01
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MURPHY, Alan appointed
director
2002-11-06
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HENDERSON, Iain Lindsay appointed
secretary
2002-11-06
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HENDERSON, Iain Lindsay appointed
director
2002-11-06
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-06
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MCINTOSH, Michael appointed
director
2002-11-06
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-30
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Company incorporated
As LAPLACE BUILDING SOLUTIONS (NORTH) LIMITED
2002-10-30
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-30
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 Iain Lindsay Henderson Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70	—	—	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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-10-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

Block 3.05 Kelvin Campus

West Of Scotland Science Park

Glasgow

G20 0SP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-13

Last: 2025-08-30