SAINT DAVID PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00989379 · ltd · incorporated 1970-09-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
30 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-20
    ➕
    BEEFORTH, Deborah appointed
    secretary
  9. 2020-07-20
    ➖
    SWIERS, Barry Peter resigned
    secretary
  10. 2020-07-20
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2020-07-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2016-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2013-02-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  19. 2013-02-06
    ➕
    ROBSON, Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2012-05-08
    ➕
    GUTHRIE, Peter John appointed
    director
  21. 2012-05-08
    ➕
    GUTHRIE, Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2012-03-27
    ➖
    HARRISON, Michael John resigned
    director
  23. 2005-01-31
    ➕
    HARRISON, Michael John appointed
    director
  24. 2005-01-31
    ➖
    SWIERS, Barry Peter resigned
    director
  25. 2003-07-29
    ➖
    JOHNSON, James Martin resigned
    secretary
  26. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    SWIERS, Barry Peter appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    SWIERS, Barry Peter appointed
    director
  28. 1970-09-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SAINT DAVID PROPERTIES LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 56 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Broadland Properties Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Broadland Properties Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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SAINT DAVID PROPERTIES LIMITED
This company · 00989379

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Broadland Properties Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1970-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

137 Scalby Road
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 6TB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

BEEFORTH, Deborah→
secretary · appointed 2020-07-20
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Active
GUTHRIE, John→
director · ~90y
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Active
GUTHRIE, Peter John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-05-08
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Active
GUTHRIE, Richard→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-05-08
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Active
ROBSON, Martin→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-02-06
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Active
JOHNSON, James Martin→
secretary · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned
SWIERS, Barry Peter→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2020-07-20
Resigned
HARRISON, Michael John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-01-31 · resigned 2012-03-27
Resigned
SWIERS, Barry Peter→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2005-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
Debenture1 property15/02/2013—
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Recent filings (113 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-07-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-20