INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC496137 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-27
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  2. 2026-01-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-01-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-01-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 2015-01-27
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Ian appointed
    director
  18. 2015-01-27
    ➕
    LINDSAY, Kenneth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Lindsay
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Lindsayceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2015-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Windy Gates
Academy Road
Moffat
Dumfriesshire
DG10 9HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LINDSAY, Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-01-27
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LINDSAY, Kenneth→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-01-27
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-05