BOX POOL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC286718 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-28

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£2.66M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52241

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

2 live charges · oldest 20.5y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

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

Directors & officers

22 officers (11 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

249 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 £2,656,794

Net assets shrinking

Down £70,227 YoY

Cash YoY

-24%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£591k

↓ 24% YoY

Net Worth

£2.7m

↓ 2.6% YoY

Current Assets

£865k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£3.72M	£3.96M
Current assets	£864.5k	£1.05M
Cash	£590.7k	£781.0k
Debtors	£273.8k	£272.6k
Net assets	£2.66M	£2.73M

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2025-10-13
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2025-06-30
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2024-12-05
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2024-07-24
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2023-05-10
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2023-04-20
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MACLEMAN, Alexander James appointed
director
2023-01-19
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MUTCH, Alan Alfred resigned
director
2022-04-13
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accounts · AA
2019-10-01
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MACKINNONS SOLICITORS LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2019-10-01
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MACKINNONS resigned
corporate-secretary
2018-02-27
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MACKINNONS appointed
corporate-secretary
2018-02-27
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MACRAE STEPHEN & CO, SOLICITORS resigned
corporate-secretary
2017-12-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-04-01
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BIRNIE, Anne appointed
director
2015-04-01
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BRUCE, Peter appointed
director
2013-06-24
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BURR, Robert Frank resigned
director
2013-05-24
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GRAHAM, Colin Peter appointed
director
2013-05-24
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GRAHAM, Gayle Wendy appointed
director
2013-05-24
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STEPHEN, James appointed
director
2012-11-30
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JENSEN, Ronald resigned
director
2009-10-16
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DOWNIE, Alan resigned
director
2009-10-16
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MCKENZIE, William resigned
director
2007-08-11
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BURR, Robert Frank appointed
director
2007-08-11
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JACK, Jonathan George Pirie resigned
director
2007-08-11
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JENSEN, Ronald appointed
director
2007-08-11
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MCKENZIE, William appointed
director
2007-08-11
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MCLEAN, Robert Stephen resigned
director
2007-08-11
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MURRAY, Graeme Alexander resigned
director
2006-02-04
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SCHULTZ, Mogens appointed
director
2006-02-04
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WEST, George appointed
director
2006-02-04
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WISEMAN, William appointed
director
2006-02-04
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DOWNIE, Alan appointed
director
2006-02-04
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JACK, Jonathan George Pirie appointed
director
2006-02-04
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MCLEAN, Robert Stephen appointed
director
2005-10-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-09-30
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MUTCH, Alan Alfred appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-10 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.
+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

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Park Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	05/10/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Michael Parkceased 05/10/2018· significant influence

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

Incorporated2005-06-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC52241 — SIC 52241

Registered office

14 Carden Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1UR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-01

Last: 2025-09-17