SYT TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC184990 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-20

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (5 active, 18 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£100	£100
Debtors	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-11-04
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2024-04-04
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MACDONALD, George Hugh appointed
director
2024-04-04
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CAMPBELL, Murdo Findlay resigned
director
2023-12-29
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2022-12-16
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2022-02-05
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2020-12-23
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2019-11-06
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2018-12-10
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2018-10-17
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2018-10-03
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2018-10-03
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2018-10-03
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2018-05-29
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officers · TM01
2018-05-29
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officers · TM01
2018-04-30
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MURRAY, Catriona appointed
director
2018-04-30
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NICHOLSON, Donald Iain appointed
director
2018-04-30
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CAMPBELL, Murdo Findlay appointed
director
2018-03-27
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MACIVER, Jonathan Grant resigned
director
2018-03-27
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MACLEAY, Cameron Macdonald resigned
director
2018-03-27
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MACRAE, Malcolm resigned
director
2015-04-27
➕
MACIVER, Jonathan Grant appointed
director
2015-04-27
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MACLEOD, Norman resigned
director
2012-04-30
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FRATER, Robert John Mackenzie resigned
director
2012-04-30
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MACLEAY, Cameron Macdonald appointed
director
2012-04-30
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MACRAE, Malcolm appointed
director
2012-04-30
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NICOLSON, Charles Bruce resigned
director
2009-03-30
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MACLEOD, Norman appointed
director
2009-03-23
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MACLEOD, Iain Archibald resigned
director
2006-04-26
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MACIVER, Norman Angus appointed
director
2006-03-27
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MACIVER, Kenneth Angus resigned
director
2000-10-03
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FRATER, Robert John Mackenzie appointed
director
2000-10-03
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MACLEOD, Angus resigned
director
1999-03-26
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MACIVER, Iain Maclennan appointed
secretary
1999-03-26
➖
FERRIS, Michael Ian resigned
secretary
1998-04-24
➕
MACIVER, Kenneth Angus appointed
director
1998-04-24
➖
MACKENZIE, Derek resigned
director
1998-04-24
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MACKENZIE, Jean Margaret resigned
director
1998-04-24
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MACLEOD, Angus appointed
director
1998-04-24
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MACLEOD, Iain Archibald appointed
director
1998-04-24
➕
NICOLSON, Charles Bruce appointed
director
1998-04-20
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Company incorporated
As SYT TRADING LIMITED
1998-04-20
➕
FERRIS, Michael Ian appointed
secretary
1998-04-20
➕
MACKENZIE, Derek appointed
director
1998-04-20
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MACKENZIE, Jean Margaret appointed
director

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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.)

Group structure

The Stornoway Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Stornoway Trust

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SYT TRADING LIMITED

This company · SC184990

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Stornoway Trust Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-04-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Leverhulme House

Perceval Square

Stornoway

Isle Of Lewis

HS1 2DD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (5 active · 13 resigned)

MACIVER, Iain Maclennan→

secretary · appointed 1999-03-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACDONALD, George Hugh→

director · ~74y · appointed 2024-04-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACIVER, Norman Angus→

director · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Catriona→

director · ~51y · appointed 2018-04-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

NICHOLSON, Donald Iain→

director · ~74y · appointed 2018-04-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FERRIS, Michael Ian→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 1999-03-26

Resigned

CAMPBELL, Murdo Findlay→

director · ~78y · appointed 2018-04-30 · resigned 2024-04-04

Resigned

FRATER, Robert John Mackenzie→

director · ~87y · appointed 2000-10-03 · resigned 2012-04-30

Resigned

MACIVER, Jonathan Grant→

director · ~47y · appointed 2015-04-27 · resigned 2018-03-27

Resigned

MACIVER, Kenneth Angus→

director · ~71y · appointed 1998-04-24 · resigned 2006-03-27

Resigned

MACKENZIE, Derek→

director · ~61y · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 1998-04-24

Resigned

MACKENZIE, Jean Margaret→

director · ~81y · appointed 1998-04-20 · resigned 1998-04-24

Resigned

MACLEAY, Cameron Macdonald→

director · ~80y · appointed 2012-04-30 · resigned 2018-03-27

Resigned

MACLEOD, Angus→

director · ~97y · appointed 1998-04-24 · resigned 2000-10-03

Resigned

MACLEOD, Iain Archibald→

director · ~79y · appointed 1998-04-24 · resigned 2009-03-23

Resigned

MACLEOD, Norman→

director · ~84y · appointed 2009-03-30 · resigned 2015-04-27

Resigned

MACRAE, Malcolm→

director · ~61y · appointed 2012-04-30 · resigned 2018-03-27

Resigned

NICOLSON, Charles Bruce→

director · ~71y · appointed 1998-04-24 · resigned 2012-04-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

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