SELF STORAGE - 4 U LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC261522 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-07

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 11.8y 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: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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 11.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

83 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	9	900

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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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officers · CH01
2026-01-19
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officers · CH01
2025-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2025-09-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-23
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-01-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-04
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accounts · AA
2023-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
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officers · AP01
2020-02-16
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GRANT, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-02-16
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MACLELLAN, Graham Alexander appointed
director
2019-12-10
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GRANT, Murdo Maciver resigned
director
2014-06-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Esso Petroleum Company Limited
2004-01-07
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Company incorporated
As SELF STORAGE - 4 U LIMITED
2004-01-07
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GRANT, Malcolm Donald Mackenzie appointed
secretary
2004-01-07
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GRANT, Malcolm Donald Mackenzie appointed
director
2004-01-07
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MOORE, Anne Hepburn appointed
director
2004-01-07
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MOORE, Anthony Pethick appointed
director
2004-01-07
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ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-01-07
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ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-01-07
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GRANT, Murdo Maciver appointed
director
2004-01-07
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ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-01-07
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ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Miss Susan Elizabeth Grant Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/05/2024
Mr Anthony Pethick Moore Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	07/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Malcolm Donald Mackenzie Grantceased 02/05/2024· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2004-01-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Cromwell Tower

Cromwell Road

Inverness

IV1 1SX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-01

Last: 2026-01-18