SALAD DAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03563791 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (78/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees161600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-14
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  3. 2024-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-17
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-06-28
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  9. 2021-06-28
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  10. 2021-01-14
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  11. 2019-10-04
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  12. 2019-03-20
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  13. 2018-03-22
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  14. 2017-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-31
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    JONES, Debbie resigned
    secretary
  16. 2005-09-30
    ➖
    KIRK, Caron Anne resigned
    director
  17. 2005-09-30
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    KIRK, David Colin resigned
    director
  18. 2003-04-07
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    ROBERTSON, Carl appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Heather appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    JONES, Debbie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-04-07
    ➖
    KIRK, Caron Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 1998-05-14
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    Company incorporated
    As SALAD DAYS LIMITED
  23. 1998-05-14
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    KIRK, Caron Anne appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-05-14
    ➕
    JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-05-14
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    JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-05-14
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    KIRK, Caron Anne appointed
    director
  27. 1998-05-14
    ➕
    KIRK, David Colin appointed
    director
  28. 1998-05-14
    ➕
    JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1998-05-14
    ➖
    JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Carl Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated1998-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

13b Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate North
Tanfield Lea
Stanley
DH9 9UU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Carl→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Heather→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Debbie→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2014-12-31
Resigned
KIRK, Caron Anne→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 2003-04-07
Resigned
JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 1998-05-14
Resigned
KIRK, Caron Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
KIRK, David Colin→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 1998-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28