TIMBER CONCEPTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC396897 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-01
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£864.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £864,700
Cash draining
Cash down 44% YoY
Cash YoY
-44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£387k
↓ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£865k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Assets
£958k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£210k£419k£629k£839k£1.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£939.9k£894.8k
Current assets£957.5k£1.05M
Cash£387.3k£695.3k
Debtors£441.3k£298.2k
Net assets£864.7k£819.7k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  2. 2025-06-27
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  3. 2024-07-26
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  4. 2023-08-11
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  5. 2022-07-06
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  6. 2021-09-23
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  7. 2020-06-09
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  8. 2019-12-18
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  9. 2019-09-13
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    CUNNINGHAM, Angela appointed
    director
  10. 2019-09-13
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2018-11-14
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  12. 2017-12-21
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  13. 2016-12-26
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  14. 2016-04-01
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  15. 2015-12-01
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  16. 2015-06-02
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  17. 2012-01-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2011-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As TIMBER CONCEPTS LTD.
  19. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    LAPSLEY, Anne Smith appointed
    director
  20. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    LAPSLEY, James Victor appointed
    director
  21. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  22. 2011-04-01
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  23. 2011-04-01
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    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  24. 2011-04-01
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  25. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  26. 2011-04-01
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 James Victor Lapsley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mrs Anne Smith Lapsley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2011-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Melville Street
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK1 1HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CUNNINGHAM, Angela→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAPSLEY, Anne Smith→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAPSLEY, James Victor→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property11/01/2012—
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Recent filings (39 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18