PRIME INDUSTRIAL DIRECT LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC716927 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-06
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£24.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £24,706
Cash YoY
+714%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£155k
↑ 714% YoY
Net Worth
£25k
↑ 238% YoY
Current Assets
£191k
↑ 359% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £35.0k | £34.7k |
| Current assets | £191.1k | £41.6k |
| Cash | £154.6k | £19.0k |
| Debtors | £31.9k | £17.8k |
| Net assets | £24.7k | £7.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 capital
- • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 capital
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-04📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-02-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-18➕BURGESS, Jeremy Charles appointeddirector
- 2024-04-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-12✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-12-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-12-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-06🏢Company incorporatedAs PRIME INDUSTRIAL DIRECT LTD
- 2021-12-06➕BURGESS, Alex appointeddirector
- 2021-12-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BURGESS, Alex (same surname) appointed 2021-12-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Maria Burgess Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/12/2021 |
Mr Alex Burgess Individual · British · DOB 09/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/12/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-12-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Registered office
Apex House Ruthvenfield Road
Inveralmond Industrial Estate
Perth
PH1 3EE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BURGESS, Alex→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2021-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURGESS, Jeremy Charles→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2024-04-18
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Recent filings (21 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-02-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-09