PACKAGING SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC270354 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-07
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 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 20.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AAMD
  2. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2021-12-10
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2021-12-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-12-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-12-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-12-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-12-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2021-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-12-09
    ➕
    FRASER, Douglas William appointed
    secretary
  16. 2021-12-09
    ➕
    FRASER, Douglas William appointed
    director
  17. 2021-12-09
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, John William appointed
    director
  18. 2021-12-09
    ➖
    SMILLIE, Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2021-12-09
    ➖
    SMILLIE, William Allan resigned
    director
  20. 2021-11-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2021-11-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  22. 2021-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2021-10-28
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  24. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2020-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2019-12-17
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    KIRK, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  27. 2005-08-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  28. 2004-07-07
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    Company incorporated
    As PACKAGING SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LIMITED
  29. 2004-07-07
    ➕
    SMILLIE, Anne appointed
    secretary
  30. 2004-07-07
    ➕
    SMILLIE, William Allan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Macgregor Industrial Supplies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Macgregor Industrial Supplies Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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PACKAGING SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LIMITED
This company · SC270354

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Macgregor Industrial Supplies Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting09/12/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Allan Smillieceased 09/12/2021· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2004-07-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

15-17 Henderson Road
Inverness
IV1 1SN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FRASER, Douglas William→
secretary · appointed 2021-12-09
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Active
FRASER, Douglas William→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-12-09
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Active
KIRK, Andrew Richard→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-12-17
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Active
MACGREGOR, John William→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-12-09
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Active
SMILLIE, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-07 · resigned 2021-12-09
Resigned
SMILLIE, William Allan→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-07-07 · resigned 2021-12-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/08/200503/11/2021

Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AAMD
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-10