STRONGBRAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC187183 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-30
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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year to Jun 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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  2. 2024-11-07
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  3. 2023-11-20
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  4. 2023-01-05
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  5. 2022-02-18
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  6. 2021-02-17
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  7. 2020-03-16
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  8. 2019-03-20
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  9. 2018-03-05
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  10. 2017-03-29
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  11. 2016-07-07
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  12. 2016-04-08
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  13. 2015-06-26
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  14. 2015-04-01
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  15. 2014-06-25
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  16. 2014-03-28
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  17. 2009-08-01
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    STRONGBRAND LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2009-08-01
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    STRONGBRAND LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2009-07-30
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    SANDERSON, Belinda Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-07-30
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    SANDERSON, Belinda Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2009-07-30
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    RIND, Christine Janice resigned
    secretary
  22. 2009-07-30
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    RIND, Christine Janice resigned
    director
  23. 1998-07-15
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    SANDERSON, Iain James Mcvicar appointed
    director
  24. 1998-07-15
    ➕
    RIND, Christine Janice appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-07-15
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-07-15
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    RIND, Christine Janice appointed
    director
  27. 1998-07-15
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1998-06-30
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    Company incorporated
    As STRONGBRAND LIMITED
  29. 1998-06-30
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1998-06-30
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 28 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain James Mcvicar Sanderson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-06-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

32 Welbeck Road
Darnley Industrial Estate
Glasgow
G53 7SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SANDERSON, Belinda Jane→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERSON, Belinda Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-07-30
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Active
SANDERSON, Iain James Mcvicar→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-07-15
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Active
RIND, Christine Janice→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-15 · resigned 2009-07-30
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-30 · resigned 1998-07-15
Resigned
STRONGBRAND LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-01 · resigned 2009-08-01
Resigned
RIND, Christine Janice→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-07-15 · resigned 2009-07-30
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-30 · resigned 1998-07-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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2025-11-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
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accounts · AA
2024-11-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
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accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
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2022-02-18
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2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-20