ALL STAR (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC259461 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-19

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 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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 · oldest 21.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

24 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	—	£5.16M
Current assets	—	£1.61M
Debtors	—	£1.61M
Net assets	—	£3.42M
Average employees	0	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-07-22
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2024-09-05
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2023-07-25
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2022-07-30
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2021-07-31
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accounts · AA
2020-10-28
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2019-04-11
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2018-07-31
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2017-07-31
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accounts · AA
2016-07-31
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2016-02-04
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-10
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2015-07-23
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2014-11-26
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2005-02-11
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-01-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-01-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-01-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-11-19
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Company incorporated
As ALL STAR (UK) LIMITED
2003-11-19
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MORGAN, Alan George Houston appointed
secretary
2003-11-19
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MCLEAN, Alan Norman appointed
director
2003-11-19
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MCLEAN, Arthur John appointed
director
2003-11-19
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QUIGLEY, David James appointed
director
2003-11-19
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-19
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Arthur John Mclean Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016
Mr Alan Norman Mclean Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016
Mr David James Quigley Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2003-11-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

12 Rose Terrace

Perth

PH1 5HA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MORGAN, Alan George Houston→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-19

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Active

MCLEAN, Alan Norman→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-11-19

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Active

MCLEAN, Arthur John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-11-19

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Active

QUIGLEY, David James→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-11-19

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-19 · resigned 2003-11-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	11/02/2005	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	28/01/2005	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	28/01/2005	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	14/01/2005	—

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