U.K. PAPER ROLLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC284778 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-13

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 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£798.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £798,111

Net assets shrinking

Down £132,065 YoY

Cash YoY

+33%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.7m

↑ 33% YoY

Net Worth

£798k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£3.1m

↑ 4.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£1.19M	£1.47M
Current assets	£3.10M	£2.98M
Cash	£1.70M	£1.28M
Debtors	£1.33M	£1.51M
Net assets	£798.1k	£930.2k

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

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-01-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-05-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-05-06
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2012-10-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-04-01
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REID, Natassia appointed
director
2009-04-20
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CAWLEY, Lorraine appointed
director
2008-04-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-07-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2005-12-01
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SCOTT, Natalie Lauren appointed
director
2005-05-13
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Company incorporated
As U.K. PAPER ROLLS LIMITED
2005-05-13
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REID, Karen appointed
secretary
2005-05-13
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REID, Karen appointed
director
2005-05-13
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REID, Mark Arthur Cleland appointed
director
2005-05-13
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-13
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-13
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-05-13
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

66/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Ukpr Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ukpr Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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U.K. PAPER ROLLS LIMITED

This company · SC284778

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ukpr Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/04/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Mark Arthur Cleland Reidceased 01/04/2019· 25-50% shares
Mrs Karen Reidceased 01/04/2019· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2005-05-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1-4 Alderston Way

Righead Industrial Estate

Bellshill

Lanarkshire

ML4 3LT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-27

Last: 2025-05-13