LAS PLANT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC429595 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-02
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£663.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £663,450
Cash YoY
-17%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100k
↓ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£663k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£320k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£133k£265k£398k£531k£663kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£977.4k£841.7k
Current assets£320.5k£384.2k
Cash£100.3k£121.2k
Debtors£213.0k£254.9k
Net assets£663.5k£517.9k

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2025-07-30
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2021-11-10
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    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-05-06
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2020-11-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2020-11-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2020-11-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-08-18
    ➕
    BONE, Ian Mckeand appointed
    director
  14. 2020-08-18
    ➕
    MURRAY, Richard Colin appointed
    director
  15. 2020-08-18
    ➖
    HAMILTON, James resigned
    director
  16. 2020-08-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-08-18
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-08-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2020-08-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2020-08-18
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    officers · AP01
  21. 2012-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As LAS PLANT LIMITED
  22. 2012-08-02
    ➕
    HAMILTON, James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

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

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Mckeand Bone
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/09/2020
Mr Richard Colin Murray
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/08/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Hamiltonceased 18/08/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2012-08-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

9 Glasgow Road
Paisley
PA1 3QS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BONE, Ian Mckeand→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-08-18
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Active
MURRAY, Richard Colin→
director · ~50y · appointed 2020-08-18
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Active
HAMILTON, James→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-08-02 · resigned 2020-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-12-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-11-20