METHVEN PHARMACY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC328789 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-06
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 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
52 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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2018-12-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2015-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2015-11-05
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    DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving appointed
    director
  16. 2015-09-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2015-09-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2013-12-31
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    MCNICOLL, Angus resigned
    director
  19. 2013-04-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2011-08-04
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    MCNICOLL, Angus appointed
    director
  21. 2007-08-10
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    GORDON, Allan Stewart appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-08-10
    ➕
    GORDON, Allan Stewart appointed
    director
  23. 2007-08-07
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-08-07
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As METHVEN PHARMACY LTD
  26. 2007-08-06
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2007-08-06
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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
  • +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 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. 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.)

Group structure

Walter Davidson And Sons Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Walter Davidson And Sons Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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METHVEN PHARMACY LTD
This company · SC328789

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Walter Davidson And Sons Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

21-24 Wellmeadow Wellmeadow
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH10 6AT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GORDON, Allan Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORDON, Allan Stewart→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-06 · resigned 2007-08-07
Resigned
MCNICOLL, Angus→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-08-04 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-06 · resigned 2007-08-07
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
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property04/04/201313/12/2018

Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-07-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2018-12-13