OFFICE SPECIALTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC243785 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-11

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 12.5y 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 material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£1.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46760

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,189

Cash YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£142k

↓ 3.1% YoY

Net Worth

£1k

↑ 8.9% YoY

Current Assets

£413k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£32.0k	£33.7k
Current assets	£412.7k	£409.8k
Cash	£142.4k	£146.9k
Debtors	£223.8k	£218.6k
Net assets	£1.2k	£1.1k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-04-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-04-15
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-25
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-24
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
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KEMP, Graham Christopher appointed
secretary
2025-09-22
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KEMP, Pamela Josephine resigned
secretary
2025-09-22
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KEMP, Pamela Josephine resigned
director
2024-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-09
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MCAULAY, Gordon resigned
director
2021-06-02
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-06-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-01
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KEMP, George Colin appointed
director
2020-11-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-01-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
2013-09-01
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KEMP, Graham Christopher appointed
director
2013-09-01
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KEMP, Stuart Mathison appointed
director
2013-07-22
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MCAULAY, Gordon appointed
director
2003-02-11
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Company incorporated
As OFFICE SPECIALTIES LIMITED
2003-02-11
➕
KEMP, James Stuart appointed
director
2003-02-11
➕
KEMP, Pamela Josephine appointed
secretary
2003-02-11
➕
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-11
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-11
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KEMP, Pamela Josephine appointed
director
2003-02-11
➕
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-02-11
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ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: KEMP, Pamela Josephine resigned 2025-09-22; KEMP, Pamela Josephine resigned 2025-09-22

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Colin Kemp Individual · British · DOB 04/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/09/2025
Mr Graham Christopher Kemp Individual · British · DOB 07/1985 · age 41	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/12/2016
Mr Stuart Mathison Kemp Individual · British · DOB 04/1989 · age 37	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/12/2016
Mr James Stuart Kemp Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	16/12/2016

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

Incorporated2003-02-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

Unit 3 Dunsdale Road

Selkirk

Selkirkshire

TD7 5EA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24