31 SALT LANE LIMITED
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -67% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £16.4k | £14.8k |
| Current assets | £18.0k | — |
| Cash | £13.5k | £41.0k |
| Debtors | £4.5k | — |
| Net assets | £16.4k | £14.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-01-10➕PRETTY, Jacqueline Sarah appointeddirector
- 2021-01-10➕PRETTY, Katharine Jane Masset appointeddirector
- 2021-01-10➖PRETTY, James Stephen resigneddirector
- 2020-10-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-04-13🏢Company incorporatedAs 31 SALT LANE LIMITED
- 2019-04-13➕PRETTY, James Stephen appointeddirector
- 2019-04-13📄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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 ·Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-26
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Jacqueline Sarah Pretty Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 10/01/2021 |
Mr James Stephen Pretty Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 13/04/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
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