BIG PANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC258658 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-03

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,623

Net assets shrinking

Down £861 YoY

Cash YoY

-10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↓ 9.8% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 35% YoY

Current Assets

£19k

↓ 9.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.6k	£2.5k
Current assets	£19.4k	£21.5k
Cash	£19.2k	£21.2k
Net assets	£1.6k	£2.5k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-06-28
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2004-12-15
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KERINS, Marion appointed
secretary
2004-12-15
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KERINS, Marion appointed
director
2003-11-03
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Company incorporated
As BIG PANTS LIMITED
2003-11-03
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KERINS, Michael Joseph appointed
director
2003-11-03
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
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2003-11-03
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
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2003-11-03
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CODIR LIMITED appointed
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CODIR LIMITED resigned
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 22 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

96/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Joseph Kerins Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	03/11/2016

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

Incorporated2003-11-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

210 Cumbernauld Road

Glasgow

G69 9NB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KERINS, Marion→

secretary · appointed 2004-12-15

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Active

KERINS, Marion→

director · ~73y · appointed 2004-12-15

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Active

KERINS, Michael Joseph→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-11-03

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Active

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-11-03

Resigned

CODIR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-11-03

Resigned

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-11-03

Resigned

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