UCM LOOMS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC558285 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-21

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

19 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2024-12-18
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2023-12-12
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2022-11-24
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2021-11-01
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2021-02-11
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2019-12-16
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2018-10-30
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2018-10-18
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2017-02-21
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Company incorporated
As UCM LOOMS LIMITED
2017-02-21
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ACHESON, David Robert appointed
director
2017-02-21
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COBURN, Nicholas David George appointed
director
2017-02-21
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100

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 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ulster Carpet Mills (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ulster Carpet Mills (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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UCM LOOMS LIMITED

This company · SC558285

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ulster Carpet Mills (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/02/2017

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

Incorporated2017-02-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

13 Queen's Road

Aberdeen

AB15 4YL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ACHESON, David Robert→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-02-21

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Active

COBURN, Nicholas David George→

director · ~67y · appointed 2017-02-21

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