ETPM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC318161 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (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

1 live charge · oldest 18.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.9 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
63 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees18001800

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2024-02-06
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  4. 2022-12-30
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  5. 2022-06-30
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  7. 2021-12-23
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  8. 2021-01-29
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  9. 2019-12-23
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  10. 2018-12-27
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  11. 2018-09-24
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  12. 2018-06-29
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  13. 2018-06-25
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    CLARK, Charles Gordon appointed
    director
  14. 2017-10-07
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  15. 2016-10-04
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  16. 2016-04-11
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  17. 2014-11-30
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    CLARK, Charles Gordon resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-11-30
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    CLARK, Charles Gordon resigned
    director
  19. 2012-08-30
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    MOUNTAIN, Jeffrey Howard resigned
    director
  20. 2011-05-01
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    CLARK, Charles Gordon appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-05-01
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    CLARK, Charles Gordon appointed
    director
  22. 2011-04-30
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    MOUNTAIN, June Sandra resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-08-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 2007-03-10
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    ADAM, Alison Margaret resigned
    director
  25. 2007-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ETPM LIMITED
  26. 2007-03-09
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    MOUNTAIN, June Sandra appointed
    director
  27. 2007-03-09
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    MOUNTAIN, June Sandra appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-03-09
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    ADAM, Alison Margaret appointed
    director
  29. 2007-03-09
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    MOUNTAIN, Jeffrey Howard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs June Sandra Mountain
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Jeff Mountain
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Charles Gordon Clark
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
——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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6 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
Incorporated2007-03-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

The Wheelhouse Greenwell Road
East Tullos
Aberdeen
AB12 3AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CLARK, Charles Gordon→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOUNTAIN, June Sandra→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Charles Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-01 · resigned 2014-11-30
Resigned
MOUNTAIN, June Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2011-04-30
Resigned
ADAM, Alison Margaret→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2007-03-10
Resigned
CLARK, Charles Gordon→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-05-01 · resigned 2014-11-30
Resigned
MOUNTAIN, Jeffrey Howard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2012-08-30
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
Floating charge1 property07/08/2007—
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Recent filings (63 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
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accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11