BILL'S TOOL STORE LIMITED

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SC365221 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees13001300

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-15
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2024-03-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2021-09-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  9. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-09-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-09-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-09-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-09-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-21
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    PEARSON, William Valentine resigned
    director
  19. 2009-10-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  20. 2009-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BILL'S TOOL STORE LIMITED
  21. 2009-09-08
    ➕
    DUFF, Allan David appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-09-08
    ➕
    DUFF, Allan David appointed
    director
  23. 2009-09-08
    ➕
    PEARSON, William Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2009-09-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-09-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-09-08
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  27. 2009-09-08
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  28. 2009-09-08
    ➕
    PEARSON, William Valentine 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 William Paul Pearson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Allan Duff
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

216 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DUFF, Allan David→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-08
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Active
DUFF, Allan David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-09-08
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Active
PEARSON, William Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-09-08 · resigned 2009-09-08
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-09-08 · resigned 2009-09-08
Resigned
PEARSON, William Valentine→
director · ~83y · appointed 2009-09-08 · resigned 2016-03-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—22/09/2021—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property08/10/2009—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-06