PRIMELINE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC250590 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-04
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£47.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £47,278
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,250 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£47k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£19k£29k£39k£49kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£47.3k£48.5k
Current assets£35.5k£46.0k
Cash£14.4k£25.0k
Debtors£21.0k£21.0k
Net assets£47.3k£48.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-08-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2003-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As PRIMELINE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  17. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    MACINTYRE, John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    MACINTYRE, Crawford appointed
    director
  19. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    MACINTYRE, John appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-06-04
    ➖
    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-06-04
    ➖
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Macintyre
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2017
Mr Crawford Macintyre
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/03/2018

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
Incorporated2003-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

106 St. Andrews Road
Glasgow
G41 1PF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACINTYRE, John→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-04
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Active
MACINTYRE, Crawford→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-06-04
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Active
MACINTYRE, John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-06-04
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Active
CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-06-04
Resigned
CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06