PURPLE VENTURE SECRETARIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC210231 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-22

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-11-10
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officers · TM01
2025-11-06
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SMITH, Craig Joseph resigned
director
2025-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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officers · AP01
2022-04-04
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officers · AP01
2022-04-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-01
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SULLIVAN, Julie Kathryn appointed
director
2022-04-01
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SMITH, Craig Joseph appointed
director
2021-11-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-31
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MILLAR, Robert Alexander Davidson resigned
director
2021-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
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HOLMES, Malcolm Brian resigned
director
2019-12-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-01-11
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YOUNG AND PARTNERS LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2019-01-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-07-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-02
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TAYLOR, Andrew Ross resigned
director
2017-11-01
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HOLMES, Malcolm Brian appointed
director
2017-11-01
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TAYLOR, Andrew Ross appointed
director
2016-03-06
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KILLICK, Neil Roger resigned
director
2014-06-16
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STALKER, Alan Douglas appointed
director
2014-06-16
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WATERS, Ruth appointed
director
2014-03-31
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JOHNSTON, Thomas George resigned
director
2010-03-31
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MCAULAY, Frances Mary resigned
director
2008-07-04
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CASSELLS, John Graham appointed
director
2006-08-24
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TAYLOR, Iain Harvey resigned
director
2006-05-01
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KILLICK, Neil Roger appointed
director
2006-05-01
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MCAULAY, Frances Mary appointed
director
2005-04-01
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YOUNG & PARTNERS resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-04-01
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YOUNG AND PARTNERS LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-10-29
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JOHNSTON, Thomas George appointed
director
2004-10-29
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YOUNG, Thomas Duncan resigned
director
2000-08-23
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MILLAR, Robert Alexander Davidson appointed
director
2000-08-23
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YOUNG, Thomas Duncan appointed
director
2000-08-22
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Company incorporated
As PURPLE VENTURE SECRETARIES LIMITED
2000-08-22
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LOCHRIE, Stephen Richard appointed
director
2000-08-22
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YOUNG & PARTNERS appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-08-22
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TAYLOR, Iain Harvey appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

Group structure

Young & Partners Business Lawyers Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Young & Partners Business Lawyers Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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PURPLE VENTURE SECRETARIES LIMITED

This company · SC210231

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Richard Lochrie Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/10/2021
Young & Partners Business Lawyers Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated2000-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1 George Square, Castle Brae

Dunfermline

Fife

KY11 8QF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-05

Last: 2025-08-22