DIRECT PET SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC192165 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-23
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 24.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46210
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.4y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.4 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 (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£64k£129k£193k£257k£322kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£266.1k
Current assets—£321.7k
Cash—£54.3k
Debtors—£40.8k
Net assets—£165.6k
Average employees4—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-12-19
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2022-01-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2022-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  13. 2022-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-10-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Linda Gallagher, as Trustee of the Direct Pet Supplies LTD Retirement Death Benefit Scheme
  20. 2001-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Highland Opportunity Limited
  21. 1999-01-26
    ➕
    GALLAGHER, Linda appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-01-26
    ➕
    CAMERON, Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 1999-01-26
    ➕
    GALLAGHER, Linda appointed
    director
  24. 1999-01-26
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1999-01-26
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 1998-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As DIRECT PET SUPPLIES LIMITED
  27. 1998-12-23
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1998-12-23
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Mr Alexander Cameron
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Miss Linda Gallagher
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-12-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46210 — SIC 46210

Registered office

9 Blar Mhor Industrial Estate
Lochyside
Fort William
PH33 7PT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GALLAGHER, Linda→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMERON, Alexander→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLAGHER, Linda→
director · ~59y · appointed 1999-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-12-23 · resigned 1999-01-26
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1998-12-23 · resigned 1999-01-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Linda Gallagher, as Trustee of the Direct Pet Supplies Retirement Death Benefit Scheme / Alexander Cameron, as Trustee of the Direct Pet Supplies Retirement Death Benefit Scheme
Linda Gallagher, as Trustee of the Direct Pet Supplies LTD Retirement Death Benefit Scheme / Alexander Cameron, as Trustee of the Direct Pet Supplies LTD Retirement Death Benefit Scheme
A registered charge1 property13/10/201519/01/2022
satisfied
Highland Opportunity
Highland Opportunity Limited
Standard security1 property03/12/200119/01/2022

Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-19