OPTIMUS FLOORING SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC778786 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-11

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Floor and wall covering

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

6 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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	2024-08-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

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

Last 90 days

filings

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

Last 180 days

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand

2026-05-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
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Company incorporated
As OPTIMUS FLOORING SERVICES LTD
2023-08-11
➕
TAYLOR, John Robert appointed
director
2023-08-11
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WOTHERSPOON, Gordon Scott appointed
director
2023-08-11
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Opus Specialist Finishes Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Opus Specialist Finishes Ltd.

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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OPTIMUS FLOORING SERVICES LTD

This company · SC778786

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
Opus Specialist Finishes Ltd. Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	11/08/2023

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

Incorporated2023-08-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

Unit 9 Air Link Ind. Est.

Inchinnan Road

Paisley

Renfrewshire

PA3 2RS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, John Robert→

director · ~50y · appointed 2023-08-11

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Active

WOTHERSPOON, Gordon Scott→

director · ~55y · appointed 2023-08-11

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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2026-05-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-06-04

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-27

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2023-08-11