333 SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC314584 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-12
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 17.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47640SIC 47640
  • 77120Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (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 17.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-08-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-08-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2018-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-02-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2012-01-01
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Amber appointed
    director
  18. 2012-01-01
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    MITCHELL, Jade appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2008-03-01
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Deborah resigned
    director
  21. 2007-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 333 SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Amber appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    MITCHELL, John Ian appointed
    director
  24. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-01-12
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-01-12
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    MITCHELL, Deborah appointed
    director
  27. 2007-01-12
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2007-01-12
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 19 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

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Amber Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/08/2023
Mr John Ian Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-01-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Kimmi
President Kennedy Drive, Plean
Stirling
FK7 8AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MITCHELL, Amber→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-12
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Active
MITCHELL, Amber→
director · ~37y · appointed 2012-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Jade→
director · ~34y · appointed 2012-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, John Ian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2007-01-12
Resigned
MITCHELL, Deborah→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2008-03-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2007-01-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property14/01/200901/02/2013

Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-28