MOULSDALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC491741 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-21

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · 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: high (84/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £33,752,000

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	2024-12-28	2023-12-30
Turnover	—	£132.42M
Gross profit	—	£114.12M
Operating profit	—	£25.25M
Profit before tax	£33.75M	£27.89M
Average employees	118100	109300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-11-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-22
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-11-20
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2023-10-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
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CLARK, Paul resigned
director
2022-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2021-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-07
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KELLY, Mary-Frances appointed
director
2021-09-02
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CLARK, Paul appointed
director
2021-09-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-23
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-02-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-06
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FINLAYSON, June resigned
director
2019-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-09-02
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SHIRRA, David resigned
director
2019-08-21
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SHIRRA, David appointed
director
2019-05-08
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HANNAN, Stephen James, Dr appointed
director
2015-12-14
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PEREIRA DA SILVA, Eduardo D'Angelo resigned
director
2015-11-06
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MCKENZIE, Roderick Cheyne resigned
director
2015-09-10
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BLIN, Frank appointed
director
2015-09-10
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MOULSDALE, David Charles appointed
director
2015-09-10
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MURDOCH, Graeme Ramsay appointed
director
2015-09-10
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FINLAYSON, June appointed
director
2015-09-10
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MCKENZIE, Roderick Cheyne appointed
director
2015-09-09
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MEIN, Stewart appointed
director
2014-11-21
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Company incorporated
As MOULSDALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
2014-11-21
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-11-21
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PEREIRA DA SILVA, Eduardo D'Angelo appointed
director

Owner dependency

70/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MOULSDALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-08-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Charles Moulsdale Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	24/06/2020

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-11-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

200 St. Vincent Street

Glasgow

G2 5SG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21