STRATHCLYDE NUTRITION LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC198829 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10910
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 20140SIC 20140
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 26.2y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
19 officers (3 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
122 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,593,000
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £1.59M | — |
| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-07➖KENYON, Peter William resigneddirector
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-03-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-12📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-03-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-02-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-03🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Kroll Trustee Services Limited
- 2025-02-03🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Kroll Trustee Services Limited
- 2025-01-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-27🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-01-27🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-07📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2023-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-01➕BAXTER, Ross James appointeddirector
- 2018-05-23➖BAXTER, Graham James resigneddirector
- 2018-05-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-05-01➖KIDD, Neil Charles resigneddirector
- 2016-12-19➕KENYON, Peter William appointeddirector
- 2012-08-31➖INNES, Alexander resigneddirector
- 2011-08-01➕KIDD, Neil Charles appointeddirector
- 2008-09-26➕LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-09-26➖ALEXANDER, Gordon James resignedsecretary
- 2007-10-31➖ALEXANDER, Gordon James resigneddirector
- 2007-10-31➖KENYON, Peter William resigneddirector
- 2007-10-31➖MANSON, George Banks resigneddirector
- 2006-01-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2004-10-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-07-01➕KENYON, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2004-07-01➕INNES, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2001-02-16➕ALEXANDER, Gordon James appointedsecretary
- 2001-02-16➖BIGGART BAILLIE resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-02-16➖AIKMAN, William Thomson resigneddirector
- 2001-02-16➖BIGGART, Samuel Douglas resigneddirector
- 2000-04-03➕ALEXANDER, Gordon James appointeddirector
- 2000-04-03➕BAXTER, Graham James appointeddirector
- 2000-04-03➕KENYON, Peter William appointeddirector
- 2000-04-03➕MANSON, George Banks appointeddirector
- 2000-02-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2000-02-14➖ALEXANDER, Gordon James resignedsecretary
Showing most recent 50 of 63 events
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Kroll Trustee Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Kroll Trustee Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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STRATHCLYDE NUTRITION LTD.
This company · SC198829
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kroll Trustee Services Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 30/01/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- The Harbro Group Ltd.ceased 30/01/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910
Registered office
The Harbro Group Ltd.
Markethill Road
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 4PA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11
Officers (3 active · 16 resigned)
LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAXTER, Ross James→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2018-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KENYON, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2004-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALEXANDER, Gordon James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-02-16 · resigned 2008-09-26
ALEXANDER, Gordon James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 2000-02-14
BIGGART BAILLIE→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-14 · resigned 2001-02-16
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 1999-08-11
AIKMAN, William Thomson→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 2000-02-14 · resigned 2001-02-16
ALEXANDER, Gordon James→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2007-10-31
ALEXANDER, Gordon James→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 2000-02-14
BAXTER, Graham James→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2018-05-23
BIGGART, Samuel Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · appointed 2000-02-14 · resigned 2001-02-16
INNES, Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2012-08-31
KENYON, Peter William→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2016-12-19 · resigned 2025-08-07
KENYON, Peter William→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2007-10-31
KENYON, Peter William→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 2000-02-14
KIDD, Neil Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2011-08-01 · resigned 2018-05-01
MANSON, George Banks→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2007-10-31
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 1999-08-11
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Kroll Trustee Services Kroll Trustee Services Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/02/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Kroll Trustee Services Kroll Trustee Services Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/02/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/05/2018 | 27/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 1 property | 13/10/2004 | 27/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 25/02/2000 | 10/01/2006 |
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Recent filings (122 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11