SPECIALIST PRODUCT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC290009 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-07
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£55kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£48.9k
Current assets—£54.6k
Net assets—£48.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-01-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-01-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-22
    ➖
    CLIFFORD, Robert Anthony resigned
    secretary
  10. 2022-06-22
    ➖
    CLIFFORD, Robert Anthony resigned
    director
  11. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As SPECIALIST PRODUCT SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    MARREN, Ian Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    SKINNER, Malcolm appointed
    director
  21. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    CLIFFORD, Robert Anthony appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-09-07
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    CLIFFORD, Robert Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-09-07
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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.

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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Stuart Marren
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 1b Unit 1b, Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MARREN, Ian Stuart→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKINNER, Malcolm→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIFFORD, Robert Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2022-06-22
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned
CLIFFORD, Robert Anthony→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2022-06-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07