PWAMM (SERVICES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC248245 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-24

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 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 12.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.0 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-09-21
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accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts · AA
2020-09-14
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accounts · AA
2019-09-20
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accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-09-27
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accounts · AA
2016-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-10
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-11
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accounts · AA
2015-05-04
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-04
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address · AD01
2015-05-04
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address · AD01
2014-09-29
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accounts · AA
2014-04-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-06-30
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HODGE, John Maxwell resigned
nominee-director
2003-06-30
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KEATINGE, Alastair John resigned
nominee-director
2003-06-19
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MILNE, Jane Goss appointed
secretary
2003-06-19
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MILNE, Jane Goss appointed
director
2003-06-19
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MILNE, Mervyn, Pastor appointed
director
2003-06-19
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BALFOUR & MANSON resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-24
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Company incorporated
As PWAMM (SERVICES) LIMITED
2003-04-24
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BALFOUR & MANSON appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-24
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HODGE, John Maxwell appointed
nominee-director
2003-04-24
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KEATINGE, Alastair John appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Mervyn Milne Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2016
Mrs Jane Goss Milne Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-04-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

National Christian Outreach Centre

Riggs Road

Perth

PH1 1PR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-08

Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MILNE, Jane Goss→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-19

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Active

MILNE, Jane Goss→

director · ~67y · appointed 2003-06-19

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Active

MILNE, Mervyn, Pastor→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-06-19

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Active

BALFOUR & MANSON→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-24 · resigned 2003-06-19

Resigned

HODGE, John Maxwell→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 2003-04-24 · resigned 2003-06-30

Resigned

KEATINGE, Alastair John→

nominee-director · ~69y · appointed 2003-04-24 · resigned 2003-06-30

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 Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	16/04/2014	—

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