PAWN BERKELEY LTD
Opportunity 58/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-22📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2025-04-22🏁Company dissolved
- 2025-02-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-11-10🏢Company incorporatedAs PAWN BERKELEY LTD
- 2022-11-10➕ARNOTT, Robert Graeme appointeddirector
- 2022-11-10➕MCVICAR, Fergus James appointeddirector
- 2022-11-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- 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
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2025-04-22
Group structure
Caledonian Heritable Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Fergus James Mcvicar Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/11/2022 |
Caledonian Heritable Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/11/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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