PA COST & COMPLIANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC307420 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-24
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£948
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £948

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£948
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£190£379£569£758£948Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£948£948
Net assets£948£948

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-26
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-09-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-04-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-08-24
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    Company incorporated
    As PA COST & COMPLIANCE LIMITED
  17. 2006-08-24
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    ALLAN, Allison appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-08-24
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    ALLAN, Allison appointed
    director
  19. 2006-08-24
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    ALLAN, Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2006-08-24
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-08-24
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Allan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence30/06/2016
Mrs Allison Allan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Bill Smith Accountants Unit B5, Davidson House
Campus 1, Aberdeen Innovation Park
Balgownie Road, Bridge Of Don
Aberdeen
AB22 8GT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ALLAN, Allison→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-24
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Active
ALLAN, Allison→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-08-24
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Active
ALLAN, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-08-24
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-24 · resigned 2006-08-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-30