CHARLES PAISLEY & SONS LIMITED

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SC273942 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£422.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 21.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £422,909
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,555 YoY
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£113k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£423k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£122k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£85k£171k£256k£341k£426kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£492.8k£496.4k
Current assets£121.8k£112.7k
Cash£112.6k£99.2k
Debtors£9.2k£13.5k
Net assets£422.9k£426.5k

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2025-09-25
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  3. 2025-06-12
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  4. 2024-09-24
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  5. 2023-11-06
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    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2023-11-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-27
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-01-25
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    address · AD01
  15. 2019-01-25
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  16. 2019-01-25
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  17. 2019-01-25
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  18. 2019-01-25
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    officers · TM02
  19. 2019-01-07
    ➖
    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2019-01-07
    ➖
    PAISLEY, Andrew resigned
    director
  21. 2019-01-07
    ➖
    PAISLEY, Charles resigned
    director
  22. 2019-01-07
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    PAISLEY, Robert resigned
    director
  23. 2018-11-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2005-05-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2005-05-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2004-12-14
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    BONEHAM, John Keith appointed
    director
  27. 2004-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CHARLES PAISLEY & SONS LIMITED
  28. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-09-28
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-09-28
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    PAISLEY, Andrew appointed
    director
  31. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    PAISLEY, Charles appointed
    director
  32. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    PAISLEY, Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Group structure

Colomer Munmany Europe Company Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Colomer Munmany Europe Company Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CHARLES PAISLEY & SONS LIMITED
This company · SC273942

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
Colomer Munmany Europe Company Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/06/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Marshall Farmer Limitedceased 12/06/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Robert Paisleyceased 12/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Caroline Street
Langholm
Dumfriesshire
DG13 0AF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

BONEHAM, John Keith→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2004-09-28
Resigned
PAISLEY, Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned
PAISLEY, Charles→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned
PAISLEY, Robert→
director · ~86y · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2019-01-07
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 property20/05/2005—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/05/200506/11/2023
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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-20