SABREPEARL LIMITED

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SC200875 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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: medium (71/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
74 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.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,542

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£9k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£140.6k£140.5k
Current assets£9.7k£8.7k
Net assets£8.5k£7.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-05-26
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  3. 2023-10-01
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  4. 2023-09-20
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  5. 2023-09-20
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  6. 2023-02-13
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-02-13
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    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-01-13
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    MCDONALD, Douglas Fraser resigned
    secretary
  9. 2022-08-29
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  10. 2021-11-24
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  11. 2020-11-03
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  12. 2019-12-10
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  13. 2018-12-05
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  14. 2017-11-27
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  15. 2016-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2008-04-10
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    GRANT, Alistair Roderick appointed
    director
  18. 2008-04-10
    ➕
    GRANT, Daphne appointed
    director
  19. 2000-05-19
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    GRANT, Alistair Roderick resigned
    director
  20. 1999-11-12
    ➕
    GRANT, Alistair Roderick appointed
    director
  21. 1999-10-24
    ➕
    PALMER, Shelagh appointed
    director
  22. 1999-10-24
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Douglas Fraser appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-10-24
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-10-24
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As SABREPEARL LIMITED
  26. 1999-10-20
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-10-20
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 27 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

8 Overton Grove
Kilmacolm
PA13 4DR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GRANT, Alistair Roderick→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Daphne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PALMER, Shelagh→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, Douglas Fraser→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-24 · resigned 2023-01-13
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 1999-10-24
Resigned
GRANT, Alistair Roderick→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-11-12 · resigned 2000-05-19
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-20 · resigned 1999-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
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2025-04-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
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accounts · AA
2020-11-03