SUNLAWS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC121007 · ltd · incorporated 1989-10-27

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 36.2y

25/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 36.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £7,796,504

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£-7.80M	£-4.16M
Average employees	5900	5700

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

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4 signals 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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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mortgage · MR04
2026-01-28
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Charge satisfied #9
2026-01-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-05
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Charge satisfied #7
2025-12-19
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accounts · AA
2025-01-20
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-01-16
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officers · AP03
2025-01-16
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officers · AP01
2025-01-16
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officers · AP01
2025-01-03
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ROELL, Jacob Gerard Peter appointed
secretary
2025-01-03
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INNES, Michelle Ann appointed
director
2025-01-03
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ROELL, Jacob Gerard Peter appointed
director
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-17
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officers · CH01
2024-06-13
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accounts · AA
2024-06-05
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gazette · DISS40
2024-05-28
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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capital · SH02
2021-12-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-03-16
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HEDLEY, Piers appointed
director
2020-03-16
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CHRISTIE MILLER, Andrew William Michael resigned
director
2018-07-16
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MCELHINNEY, Jacqueline resigned
secretary
2018-03-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2017-08-11
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Charge satisfied #8
2016-03-23
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2016-03-23
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2016-02-20
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Charge satisfied #5
2014-07-17
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MCELHINNEY, Jacqueline appointed
secretary
2014-07-16
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JACKSON, Roderick Edward resigned
secretary
2012-02-01
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JENKINSON, Dermot Julian appointed
director
2011-12-16
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-11-17
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Charge satisfied #4
2011-08-26
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-06-22
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DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, Guy David Innes Ker resigned
director
2004-01-07
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Charles Church Developments Limited
1997-09-30
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CHRISTIE MILLER, Andrew William Michael appointed
director
1997-05-12
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-11-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1996-10-24
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RAM, Edward David Abel resigned
director
1993-07-16
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JACKSON, Roderick Edward appointed
director
1993-07-16
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BATCHELOR, Peter Frederick Lindsay resigned
secretary
1993-07-16
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JACKSON, Roderick Edward appointed
secretary
1993-07-16
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BATCHELOR, Peter Frederick Lindsay resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew William Michael Christie-Miller Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/04/2024
Mrs Louisa Ann Church Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/04/2024
Mr Dermot Julian Jenkinson Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/04/2024
Lord Andrew Victor Hope Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/04/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Second Discretionary Trustceased 01/04/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated1989-10-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Roxburghe Estates Office

Kelso

Roxburghshire

TD5 7SF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28