PACIFIC SHELF 1272 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC267459 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-06
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 21.9y 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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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

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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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-27
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-09-27
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2018-09-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-03-09
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    MCMAHON, Amanda Judith appointed
    director
  14. 2018-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2011-01-01
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    MCMAHON, Lisa Patricia resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-07-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2007-11-30
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    MURRAY, Kirsty Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-11-03
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    SEALES, Sharon appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-06-10
    ➕
    MCMAHON, James Cairns appointed
    director
  23. 2004-06-10
    ➕
    MCMAHON, Lisa Patricia appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-06-10
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-06-10
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2004-06-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Citibank N.A.
  27. 2004-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As PACIFIC SHELF 1272 LIMITED
  28. 2004-05-06
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-05-06
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 77 — 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 77 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Cairns Mcmahon
Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2004-05-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Marathon House
Olympic Business Park
Drybridge Road
Dundonald
KA2 9AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-20
Last: 2025-05-06

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MURRAY, Kirsty Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEALES, Sharon→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMAHON, Amanda Judith→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMAHON, James Cairns→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMAHON, Lisa Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-06 · resigned 2004-06-10
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-06 · resigned 2004-06-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Citibank N.A.
Collateral agreement1 property10/06/200407/07/2010

Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-15