OPTIMUS FLOORING SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC778786 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Floor and wall covering
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OPTIMUS FLOORING SERVICES LTD
  4. 2023-08-11
    TAYLOR, John Robert appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-11
    WOTHERSPOON, Gordon Scott appointed
    director
  6. 2023-08-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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

Opus Specialist Finishes Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Opus Specialist Finishes Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
OPTIMUS FLOORING SERVICES LTD
This company · SC778786

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Opus Specialist Finishes Ltd.
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

Unit 9 Air Link Ind. Est.
Inchinnan Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 2RS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, John Robert
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-08-11
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Active
WOTHERSPOON, Gordon Scott
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-08-11
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-11