SELAN DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC116330 · ltd · incorporated 1989-02-21

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 36.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£150.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 36.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 36.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £150,298

Cash YoY

+199%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£174k

↑ 199% YoY

Net Worth

£150k

↑ 4.7% YoY

Current Assets

£255k

↑ 105% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£200.8k	£194.2k
Current assets	£254.7k	£124.3k
Cash	£174.0k	£58.2k
Debtors	£80.8k	£66.1k
Net assets	£150.3k	£143.6k

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

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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

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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2026-04-22
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2026-04-22
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2025-04-29
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accounts · AA
2024-07-10
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accounts · AA
2024-01-01
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SELWAY, Carean Dawn appointed
director
2023-04-28
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2022-04-25
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2021-04-25
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2020-07-22
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2019-04-22
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2018-04-26
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2017-04-25
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accounts · AA
2016-04-22
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2016-02-25
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2015-04-22
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2002-05-31
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SELWAY, Eleanor appointed
director
2002-05-31
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SELWAY, Paul George appointed
director
2002-05-31
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MCLELLAND, Hugh resigned
director
1990-02-21
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HUGHES, Lynn resigned
secretary
1990-02-21
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MANSUKHANI, Sunder resigned
director
1989-06-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1989-02-21
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Company incorporated
As SELAN DESIGN LIMITED
1989-02-21
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HUGHES, Lynn appointed
secretary
1989-02-21
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MANSUKHANI, Sunder 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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SELWAY, Carean Dawn (same surname) appointed 2024-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Selway Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Eleanor Selway Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1989-02-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

30-40 Union Street

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 2AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

SELWAY, George→

secretary

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Active

SELWAY, Carean Dawn→

director · ~43y · appointed 2024-01-01

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Active

SELWAY, Eleanor→

director · ~77y · appointed 2002-05-31

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Active

SELWAY, George→

director · ~79y

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Active

SELWAY, Paul George→

director · ~56y · appointed 2002-05-31

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Active

HUGHES, Lynn→

secretary · appointed 1989-02-21 · resigned 1990-02-21

Resigned

MANSUKHANI, Sunder→

director · appointed 1989-02-21 · resigned 1990-02-21

Resigned

MCLELLAND, Hugh→

director · ~80y · resigned 2002-05-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	12/06/1989	—

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Recent filings (93 total)

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2026-04-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-22

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officers · AP01

2026-04-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-10

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-28

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-28

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-26

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accounts · AA

2021-04-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-07-22