PDI THISTLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC316126 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-08
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 13.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 13.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees200100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-10
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2019-10-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-06-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
  17. 2007-03-06
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    DULEY, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-03-06
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    DULEY, Anthony Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2007-03-06
    ➕
    DULEY, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2007-03-06
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-03-06
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2007-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As PDI THISTLE LIMITED
  23. 2007-02-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-02-08
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Anthony Paul Duley
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Jane Duley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2019

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
Incorporated2007-02-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Mill Farm
Kemnay
Inverurie
AB51 5NY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DULEY, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-06
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Active
DULEY, Anthony Paul→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-03-06
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Active
DULEY, Susan Jane→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-03-06
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-08 · resigned 2007-03-06
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-08 · resigned 2007-03-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited
Deed of legal charge1 property29/06/2012—
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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-29