MTS DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC511983 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
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, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-23📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2023-02-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-08-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-07-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-07-07➕MATTHEWS, Jacqueline Mary appointeddirector
- 2020-07-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-01➖TRAYNOR, Mark resigneddirector
- 2020-01-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-01-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-06-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-09-05➕MATTHEWS, Gerald appointeddirector
- 2017-03-23➖SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2017-03-23➖BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan resigneddirector
- 2017-03-23➖SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2017-03-22➕TRAYNOR, Mark appointeddirector
- 2015-07-30🏢Company incorporatedAs MTS DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS LTD
- 2015-07-30➕SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-07-30➕BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan appointeddirector
- 2015-07-30➕SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Jacqueline Mary Matthews Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest | 07/07/2020 |
Mr Gerald Matthews Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 05/09/2017 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Mark Traynorceased 01/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Shelf Director Limitedceased 23/03/2017· significant influence
- Shelf Nominees Limitedceased 23/03/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Mr David Brannigan Beveridgeceased 23/03/2017· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81222 — Specialised cleaning services
Registered office
17 Sunnylaw Drive
Foxbar
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA2 9NU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
MATTHEWS, Gerald→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2017-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MATTHEWS, Jacqueline Mary→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2015-07-30 · resigned 2017-03-23
BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2015-07-30 · resigned 2017-03-23
TRAYNOR, Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2017-03-22 · resigned 2020-07-01
SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2015-07-30 · resigned 2017-03-23
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02