FIRST PEOPLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC373254 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-18

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

78200Temporary employment agency activities

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 16.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	25	2700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-25
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2025-01-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-15
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LANG, Julie resigned
director
2024-03-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-06
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LEAF, Suzanne resigned
director
2023-06-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-16
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LEAF, Suzanne appointed
director
2023-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-01
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LANG, Julie appointed
director
2022-09-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-31
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TAYLOR-PHILIP, Lesley resigned
director
2022-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-07-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-03-01
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HAILSTONE, John Clifford appointed
director
2016-11-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-07-02
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WATSON, Robert Kevin appointed
secretary
2013-03-13
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MCKECHNIE, Neil resigned
secretary
2012-08-09
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HAILSTONE, John Clifford resigned
director
2012-08-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-07-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2012-06-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-06-01
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TAYLOR-PHILIP, Lesley appointed
director
2012-05-22
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HAILSTONE, John Clifford appointed
director
2011-10-03
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MORRISON, Robert Scott appointed
director
2010-11-25
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MORRISON, Robert Scott resigned
director
2010-11-23
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HAILSTONE, John Clifford resigned
director
2010-11-23
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TAYLOR, Lesley resigned
director
2010-04-05
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SCOTT, John appointed
director
2010-04-05
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MORRISON, Robert Scott appointed
director
2010-03-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-02-18
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Company incorporated
As FIRST PEOPLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2010-02-18
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MCKECHNIE, Neil appointed
secretary
2010-02-18
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HAILSTONE, John Clifford appointed
director
2010-02-18
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TAYLOR, Lesley appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Compello Services Group Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Compello Services Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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FIRST PEOPLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · SC373254

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Compello Services Group Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	01/06/2025

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr John Hailstoneceased 01/06/2025· significant influence
My Bpos Ltdceased 30/05/2025· 50-75% shares
Mr John Clifford Hailstoneceased 29/02/2024· board control
Mrs Lesley Taylor-Philipceased 01/03/2021· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-02-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

19 St. Vincent Place

Ground Floor, Queens House

Glasgow

G1 2DT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

WATSON, Robert Kevin→

secretary · appointed 2013-07-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HAILSTONE, John Clifford→

director · ~59y · appointed 2019-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MORRISON, Robert Scott→

director · ~55y · appointed 2011-10-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SCOTT, John→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-04-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCKECHNIE, Neil→

secretary · appointed 2010-02-18 · resigned 2013-03-13

Resigned

HAILSTONE, John Clifford→

director · ~59y · appointed 2012-05-22 · resigned 2012-08-09

Resigned

HAILSTONE, John Clifford→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-02-18 · resigned 2010-11-23

Resigned

LANG, Julie→

director · ~53y · appointed 2022-09-01 · resigned 2025-01-15

Resigned

LEAF, Suzanne→

director · ~48y · appointed 2023-06-16 · resigned 2023-09-06

Resigned

MORRISON, Robert Scott→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-04-05 · resigned 2010-11-25

Resigned

TAYLOR, Lesley→

director · ~44y · appointed 2010-02-18 · resigned 2010-11-23

Resigned

TAYLOR-PHILIP, Lesley→

director · ~44y · appointed 2012-06-01 · resigned 2022-08-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	25/02/2025	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	18/11/2016	—
satisfied	NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited	Floating charge	1 property	10/07/2012	12/07/2019
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	11/06/2012	12/07/2019
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	12/03/2010	01/08/2012

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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2026-02-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-02-16

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-08-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-08-04

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-08-04

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-01

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-08-01

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-02-28

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-02-27

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

officers · TM01

2025-01-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-01

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2024-03-01

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-02-29