PACITTI JONES SERCO LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC495555 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 6700 | 5900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2026-01-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-09➕O'MALLEY, John appointeddirector
- 2026-01-09➖HOWIE, Simon Macpherson resigneddirector
- 2026-01-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-10📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-27📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2019-05-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-05-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2019-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-01-20🏢Company incorporatedAs PACITTI JONES SERCO LIMITED
- 2015-01-20➕TAYLOR, Kevin John appointeddirector
- 2015-01-20➕HOWIE, Simon Macpherson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Group structure
Dupplin Investments Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
🏛️majority
Dupplin Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
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PACITTI JONES SERCO LIMITED
This company · SC495555
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dupplin Investments Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr John O'Malley Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/12/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities
Registered office
Findony
Muckhart Road
Dunning
PH2 0RA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
O'MALLEY, John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2026-01-09
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TAYLOR, Kevin John→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2015-01-20
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HOWIE, Simon Macpherson→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2015-01-20 · resigned 2026-01-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 31/08/2015 | 09/05/2019 |
Recent filings (34 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13