MICROSCOPY SUPPLIES & CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC139542 · ltd · incorporated 1992-07-31
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 29.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47749
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
90 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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-30
Average employees300

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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  2. 2025-12-13
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  3. 2024-12-16
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  4. 2023-12-09
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  5. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-03-13
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  8. 2019-12-18
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  9. 2018-12-20
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  10. 2018-01-04
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  11. 2017-07-19
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  13. 2017-07-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-07-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-31
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    BEESE, Ramdei resigned
    director
  17. 2016-03-30
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    BEESE, Ramdei resigned
    secretary
  18. 2015-09-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2014-10-03
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    MCKENZIE, Anita appointed
    director
  20. 2012-05-01
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    HOCKING, Angela appointed
    director
  21. 1997-05-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 1993-08-30
    ➕
    BEESE, Hans Jurgen appointed
    director
  23. 1993-08-30
    ➖
    ZEESE, Angela resigned
    secretary
  24. 1993-04-06
    ➕
    BEESE, Ramdei appointed
    secretary
  25. 1993-04-06
    ➖
    BEESE, Hans Jurgen resigned
    director
  26. 1993-04-06
    ➕
    BEESE, Ramdei appointed
    director
  27. 1992-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As MICROSCOPY SUPPLIES & CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  28. 1992-07-31
    ➕
    ZEESE, Angela appointed
    secretary
  29. 1992-07-31
    ➕
    CORPORATE NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1992-07-31
    ➖
    CORPORATE NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1992-07-31
    ➕
    BEESE, Hans Jurgen appointed
    director
  32. 1992-07-31
    ➕
    CORPORATE NOMINEE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1992-07-31
    ➖
    CORPORATE NOMINEE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Angela Hocking
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
50–75%
—50-75% shares19/07/2017
Mrs Anita Mckenzie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/07/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Ramdei Beeseceased 19/07/2017· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Hans Jurgen Beeseceased 19/07/2017· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated1992-07-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47749 — SIC 47749

Registered office

Park House
6a Carneil Road
Carnock
Fife
KY12 9JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BEESE, Hans Jurgen→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOCKING, Angela→
director · ~51y · appointed 2012-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKENZIE, Anita→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEESE, Ramdei→
secretary · appointed 1993-04-06 · resigned 2016-03-30
Resigned
ZEESE, Angela→
secretary · appointed 1992-07-31 · resigned 1993-08-30
Resigned
CORPORATE NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-07-31 · resigned 1992-07-31
Resigned
BEESE, Hans Jurgen→
director · ~79y · appointed 1992-07-31 · resigned 1993-04-06
Resigned
BEESE, Ramdei→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-04-06 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
CORPORATE NOMINEE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-07-31 · resigned 1992-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
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Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property30/05/199702/09/2015

Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-08