PURVIS STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC464376 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-22

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 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31
Average employees	3000

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-20
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2016-01-31
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MCCLELLAND, David resigned
director
2015-08-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2013-11-22
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Company incorporated
As PURVIS STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION LTD
2013-11-22
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GARMORY, Robert Milligan appointed
director
2013-11-22
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HEPBURN, June appointed
director
2013-11-22
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PURVIS, Craig Robert appointed
director
2013-11-22
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PURVIS, Robert appointed
director
2013-11-22
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MCCLELLAND, David appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PURVIS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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

Robert Purvis Plant Hire Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Robert Purvis Plant Hire Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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PURVIS STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION LTD

This company · SC464376

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
Robert Purvis Plant Hire Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/10/2025

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

Incorporated2013-11-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

New Thistle House

The Avenue

Lochgelly

KY5 9HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

GARMORY, Robert Milligan→

director · ~72y · appointed 2013-11-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HEPBURN, June→

director · ~69y · appointed 2013-11-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PURVIS, Craig Robert→

director · ~57y · appointed 2013-11-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PURVIS, Robert→

director · ~78y · appointed 2013-11-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCCLELLAND, David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2013-11-22 · resigned 2016-01-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	10/08/2015	—

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Recent filings (31 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-02-19

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-11-26

withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC09

2025-11-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-24