PLASTECH PACKAGING & HEALTHCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC449264 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-03
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22220
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 22290SIC 22290
  • 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees17001700

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
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-22
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  3. 2023-10-06
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  4. 2022-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-06-30
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    HUNTER, Douglas Charles resigned
    director
  9. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-31
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  11. 2018-01-07
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  12. 2017-01-10
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  13. 2016-05-16
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  14. 2016-05-16
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  15. 2016-03-23
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  16. 2016-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-06-18
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    DODDS, William resigned
    director
  18. 2014-03-26
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    PRESTON, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2014-03-26
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    DODDS, William appointed
    director
  20. 2014-03-26
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    HUNTER, Douglas Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2013-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As PLASTECH PACKAGING & HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  22. 2013-05-03
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    PRESTON, Michael appointed
    secretary
  23. 2013-05-03
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    STIRLING, Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Stirling
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/05/2017

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
Incorporated2013-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC22220 — SIC 22220

Registered office

Unit Q10 Flemington Road
Queensway Industrial Estate
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 5PZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRESTON, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-03
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Active
PRESTON, Michael→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-03-26
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Active
STIRLING, Thomas→
director · ~73y · appointed 2013-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-03-26 · resigned 2015-06-18
Resigned
HUNTER, Douglas Charles→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-03-26 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-27