POCKET ROCKET CREATIVE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC314831 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-17
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 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£192.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

1 live charge · oldest 19.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.1 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: 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £192,205
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,011 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£224k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£192k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
£363k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£77k£153k£230k£306k£383kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£195.6k£195.5k
Current assets£362.8k£383.0k
Cash£223.7k£261.3k
Debtors£139.1k£121.7k
Net assets£192.2k£194.2k

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

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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 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
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  4. 2022-11-04
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  5. 2021-10-01
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  6. 2021-06-22
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  7. 2020-03-22
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  8. 2019-03-05
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  9. 2018-03-20
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  10. 2017-03-31
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  11. 2016-01-20
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  12. 2015-10-29
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  13. 2015-07-17
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  14. 2015-06-23
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  15. 2015-01-19
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  16. 2009-03-03
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    DOHERTY, Gary appointed
    director
  17. 2007-06-01
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    SNEDDON, Derek Downie appointed
    director
  18. 2007-03-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 2007-01-17
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    Company incorporated
    As POCKET ROCKET CREATIVE LTD.
  20. 2007-01-17
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    DAWSON, Lesley appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-01-17
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    DAWSON, Gary appointed
    director
  22. 2007-01-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-01-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  24. 2007-01-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-01-17
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Derek Downie Sneddon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 2 Touch Business Centre
Touch Estate
Stirling
FK8 3AQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DAWSON, Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-17
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Active
DAWSON, Gary→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-01-17
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Active
DOHERTY, Gary→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-03-03
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Active
SNEDDON, Derek Downie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-06-01
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-17 · resigned 2007-01-17
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-17 · resigned 2007-01-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property28/03/2007—
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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-03-05