EUROCARE IMPEX SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC139352 · ltd · incorporated 1992-07-16
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 32.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46450
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46460SIC 46460
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  12. 2018-08-10
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  13. 2018-08-10
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  14. 2018-08-10
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-08-01
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    CARR, Dominique Claire appointed
    director
  16. 2018-08-01
    ➕
    MURRAY, Darren Clarke appointed
    director
  17. 2018-08-01
    ➕
    MURRAY, Jonathan Conrad appointed
    director
  18. 2018-08-01
    ➕
    MURRAY, Linda appointed
    director
  19. 2017-11-17
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    DUNCAN, Gordon Graham resigned
    director
  20. 2017-11-17
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    officers · TM01
  21. 2017-11-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2013-03-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2012-06-13
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    DUNCAN, Gordon Graham resigned
    secretary
  24. 2012-03-15
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Euro Healthcare Services Limited
  25. 2012-03-14
    ➕
    MURRAY, Linda appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-07-16
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    DOUGLAS, Hazel resigned
    secretary
  27. 2000-07-16
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    DUNCAN, Gordon Graham appointed
    secretary
  28. 1998-03-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  29. 1997-12-17
    ➕
    MURRAY, John David appointed
    director
  30. 1997-08-28
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Hazel appointed
    secretary
  31. 1997-08-28
    ➖
    DUNCAN, Gordon Graham resigned
    secretary
  32. 1997-08-28
    ➖
    DUNCAN, Margaret Mckechnie resigned
    director
  33. 1997-04-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  34. 1993-10-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  35. 1992-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As EUROCARE IMPEX SERVICES LIMITED
  36. 1992-07-16
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1992-07-15
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Gordon Graham appointed
    secretary
  38. 1992-07-15
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1992-07-15
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Gordon Graham appointed
    director
  40. 1992-07-15
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Margaret Mckechnie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John David Murray
Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gordon Graham Duncanceased 17/11/2017· 25-50% shares · significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 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
Incorporated1992-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46450 — SIC 46450

Registered office

107 Irish Street
Dumfries
DG1 2NP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (6 active · 6 resigned)

MURRAY, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-14
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Active
CARR, Dominique Claire→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-08-01
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Active
MURRAY, Darren Clarke→
director · ~40y · appointed 2018-08-01
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Active
MURRAY, John David→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-12-17
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Active
MURRAY, Jonathan Conrad→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-08-01
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Active
MURRAY, Linda→
director · ~74y · appointed 2018-08-01
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Active
DOUGLAS, Hazel→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-28 · resigned 2000-07-16
Resigned
DUNCAN, Gordon Graham→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-16 · resigned 2012-06-13
Resigned
DUNCAN, Gordon Graham→
secretary · appointed 1992-07-15 · resigned 1997-08-28
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-07-15 · resigned 1992-07-16
Resigned
DUNCAN, Gordon Graham→
director · ~73y · appointed 1992-07-15 · resigned 2017-11-17
Resigned
DUNCAN, Margaret Mckechnie→
director · ~71y · appointed 1992-07-15 · resigned 1997-08-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Euro Healthcare Services
Euro Healthcare Services Limited
Floating charge1 property15/03/2012—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property26/03/1998—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property28/04/1997—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property28/10/199309/03/2013
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Recent filings (104 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
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accounts · AA
2020-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-17