SANDERSON MCCREATH & EDNEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07931538 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£250.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £250,915
Net assets shrinking
Down £32,308 YoY
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£245k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£251k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£362k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£87k£174k£261k£348k£435kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£266.9k£309.6k
Current assets£361.6k£434.8k
Cash£244.9k£297.6k
Debtors£106.1k£124.9k
Net assets£250.9k£283.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-21
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  3. 2023-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-14
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2021-07-22
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    capital · SH03
  7. 2021-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-03
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-29
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2019-05-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-05-22
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  13. 2019-05-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-05-22
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-05-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-02-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-10-25
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    capital · SH03
  18. 2018-10-05
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    JONES, Stuart Gavin resigned
    director
  19. 2018-03-20
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    JONES, Gaynor Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2018-03-20
    ➕
    PENTECOST, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2018-03-20
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    JONES, Stuart Gavin resigned
    secretary
  22. 2012-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SANDERSON MCCREATH & EDNEY LIMITED
  23. 2012-02-01
    ➕
    JONES, Gaynor Louise appointed
    director
  24. 2012-02-01
    ➕
    JONES, Stuart Gavin appointed
    secretary
  25. 2012-02-01
    ➕
    JONES, Stuart Gavin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Gaynor Louise Jones
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark Richard Pentecost
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stuart Gavin Jonesceased 14/02/2019· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2012-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

4 Quay Walls
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Gaynor Louise→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-20
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Active
JONES, Gaynor Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-02-01
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Active
PENTECOST, Mark Richard→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-03-20
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Active
JONES, Stuart Gavin→
secretary · appointed 2012-02-01 · resigned 2018-03-20
Resigned
JONES, Stuart Gavin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-02-01 · resigned 2018-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
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accounts · AA
2025-07-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-28
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12