THE PET FOOD STORE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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SC374396 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 1.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees6700

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
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filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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  3. 2025-03-25
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  4. 2024-12-10
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  5. 2024-10-15
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  6. 2024-10-15
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  7. 2024-09-23
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    WATT, James Lindsay appointed
    director
  8. 2024-08-28
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    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2024-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Funding Circle Limited
  10. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-05-30
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    capital · SH08
  13. 2023-05-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
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  14. 2022-08-12
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  15. 2022-04-12
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  16. 2022-04-12
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  17. 2022-04-12
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  18. 2022-04-05
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  19. 2022-04-05
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  20. 2022-03-25
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  21. 2022-03-25
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  22. 2021-05-31
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  23. 2010-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As THE PET FOOD STORE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  24. 2010-03-08
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    TERRY, Anne Shelagh appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-03-08
    ➕
    TERRY, Anne Shelagh appointed
    director
  26. 2010-03-08
    ➕
    TERRY, Brian Robert appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Lindsay Watt
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/09/2024
Mrs Anne Shelagh Terry
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Brian Robert Terry
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

Unit 1 Block 20
Kilspindie Road
Dundee
Tayside
DD2 3QH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

TERRY, Anne Shelagh→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active
TERRY, Anne Shelagh→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active
TERRY, Brian Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active
WATT, James Lindsay→
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-09-23
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Funding Circle
Funding Circle Limited
A registered charge1 property27/08/2024—
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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-05-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22