PRIME INDUSTRIAL & JANITORIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC334181 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-21

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window opening · medium confidence

More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 90 → 85

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

↓Hygiene score: 90 → 85

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 18.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.2 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 (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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	20	2000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

• 3 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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termination-secretary-company
officers · TM02
2026-05-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-18
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-05-06
➕
DUNNING, Paul appointed
secretary
2026-05-06
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ROUSE, Louise Helen resigned
director
2026-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-01-01
➕
ROUSE, Louise appointed
secretary
2013-01-01
➖
DUNNING, Paul resigned
secretary
2013-01-01
➕
ROUSE, Louise Helen appointed
director
2012-11-09
➖
MCROBB, James Alexander resigned
director
2008-12-01
➕
DEAS, Bruce appointed
director
2008-11-20
➕
DUNNING, Paul appointed
secretary
2008-11-20
➖
MCROBB, Annette resigned
secretary
2008-05-01
➕
DUNNING, Paul appointed
director
2008-03-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-11-21
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Company incorporated
As PRIME INDUSTRIAL & JANITORIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
2007-11-21
➕
MCROBB, Annette appointed
secretary
2007-11-21
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-21
➖
BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-11-21
➕
MCROBB, James Alexander appointed
director
2007-11-21
➕
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-11-21
➖
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Shandea Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Pallex Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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PRIME INDUSTRIAL & JANITORIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

This company · SC334181

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

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Shandea Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/11/2022
Pallex Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/11/2022
Mr Bruce Deas Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Paul Dunning Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-11-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

3 George Square

Castle Brae

Dunfermline

KY11 8QF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

DUNNING, Paul→

secretary · appointed 2026-05-06

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Active

ROUSE, Louise→

secretary · appointed 2013-01-01

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Active

DEAS, Bruce→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-12-01

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Active

DUNNING, Paul→

director · ~59y · appointed 2008-05-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DUNNING, Paul→

secretary · appointed 2008-11-20 · resigned 2013-01-01

Resigned

MCROBB, Annette→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-21 · resigned 2008-11-20

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-21 · resigned 2007-11-21

Resigned

MCROBB, James Alexander→

director · ~71y · appointed 2007-11-21 · resigned 2012-11-09

Resigned

ROUSE, Louise Helen→

director · ~58y · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2026-05-06

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-11-21 · resigned 2007-11-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	17/03/2008	—

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Recent filings (77 total)

termination-secretary-company

officers · TM02

2026-05-19

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-05-18

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2026-05-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-11-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-11-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-11-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-02

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2022-11-30