SANDRO AND SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC160375 · ltd · incorporated 1995-09-15
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
£17.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £16,983
Net assets shrinking
Down £353 YoY
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£17k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£24k£36k£49k£61kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£17.9k£18.0k
Current assets£60.7k£54.8k
Cash£27.0k£44.3k
Debtors£25.2k£2.6k
Net assets£17.0k£17.3k

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

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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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  4. 2022-08-31
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2020-12-22
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  7. 2019-09-23
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  8. 2018-08-24
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  10. 2016-05-18
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  11. 2015-09-16
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  16. 2006-04-07
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    VENTISEI, Anne appointed
    director
  17. 2006-04-07
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    VENTISEI, Mary resigned
    director
  18. 2000-02-14
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    VENTISEI, Mary appointed
    director
  19. 1999-09-06
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    VENTISEI, Anne appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-09-01
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    VENTISEI, Alessandro resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-09-01
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    VENTISEI, Alessandro resigned
    director
  22. 1996-01-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  23. 1995-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As SANDRO AND SONS LIMITED
  24. 1995-09-15
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    VENTISEI, Gilberto appointed
    director
  25. 1995-09-15
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    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1995-09-15
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-09-15
    ➕
    VENTISEI, Alessandro appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-09-15
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  29. 1995-09-15
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  30. 1995-09-15
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    VENTISEI, Alessandro appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gilberto Ventisei
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Anne Ventisei
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-09-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

185 Main Street
Coatbridge
ML5 3HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

VENTISEI, Anne→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-06
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Active
VENTISEI, Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-07
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Active
VENTISEI, Gilberto→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-09-15
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-09-15 · resigned 1995-09-15
Resigned
VENTISEI, Alessandro→
secretary · appointed 1995-09-15 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-09-15 · resigned 1995-09-15
Resigned
VENTISEI, Alessandro→
director · ~84y · appointed 1995-09-15 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned
VENTISEI, Mary→
director · ~84y · appointed 2000-02-14 · resigned 2006-04-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property23/01/1996—
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Recent filings (78 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
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2025-09-23
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2024-09-29
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2024-09-19
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2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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2022-09-28
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2022-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
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accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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2020-12-22
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2020-10-01
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2019-09-23
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2019-09-17
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2018-09-27