PTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC266414 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-13
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 22.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 · oldest 22.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-03-31
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-11-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-11-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-10-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-02-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2004-05-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2004-04-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2004-04-20
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    WALLACE, Mary Maxwell appointed
    director
  21. 2004-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As PTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  22. 2004-04-13
    ➕
    WALLACE, Mary Maxwell appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-04-13
    ➕
    HEWITSON, William James appointed
    director
  24. 2004-04-13
    ➕
    WALLACE, Ian appointed
    director
  25. 2004-04-13
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-04-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William James Hewitson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/05/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Wallaceceased 01/11/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2004-04-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Plastic Technology Services Ltd Garroch Business Park
Garroch Loaning
Dumfries
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 8PN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

WALLACE, Mary Maxwell→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-13
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Active
HEWITSON, William James→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-04-13
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Active
WALLACE, Ian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-04-13
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Active
WALLACE, Mary Maxwell→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-04-20
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-13 · resigned 2004-04-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/05/2004—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property23/04/200401/02/2008
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-14