IMPERIAL LAUNDRY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC466704 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-06
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 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£126.9k
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueLeverage-led grower with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 4.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
70
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 declaredProfitable
Profit before tax £24,007
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Turnover YoY
+1%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £126.9k | £125.5k |
| Gross profit | £86.8k | £57.4k |
| Profit before tax | £24.0k | £-5.3k |
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-08🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2021-10-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2021-10-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2021-10-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2021-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-01➖SLOAN, Paul Gerrard resigneddirector
- 2014-01-06🏢Company incorporatedAs IMPERIAL LAUNDRY LIMITED
- 2014-01-06➕SCOTT, Roderick James appointeddirector
- 2014-01-06➕SLOAN, Paul Gerrard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
90/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Roderick James Scott Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96010 — Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products
Registered office
Units 10&11 Glengallan Industrial Estate Glengallan Road
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4HG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
SCOTT, Roderick James→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2014-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SLOAN, Paul Gerrard→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2014-01-06 · resigned 2015-08-01
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/10/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/10/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/10/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/10/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-25