STRATH PRINT LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC205018 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-15

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£12.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12,421

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,734 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↓ 23% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 21% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£3.9k	£329
Current assets	£5.8k	£4.8k
Net assets	£12.4k	£16.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2024-09-16
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2023-12-14
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2022-12-27
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2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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accounts · AA
2019-05-30
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accounts · AA
2019-04-29
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TAYLOR, Lourika appointed
director
2019-04-29
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officers · AP01
2018-07-17
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accounts · AA
2017-08-14
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accounts · AA
2016-06-23
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accounts · AA
2016-03-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-12
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accounts · AA
2015-03-17
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-02
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2013-01-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Peter H M Dunlop and Others
2003-10-08
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MACLURE, William John resigned
director
2000-03-15
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Company incorporated
As STRATH PRINT LTD.
2000-03-15
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DUNLOP, Peter Hugh Macintyre appointed
secretary
2000-03-15
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BENSON, Martin Robert appointed
director
2000-03-15
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DUNLOP, Peter Hugh Macintyre appointed
director
2000-03-15
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NWL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-03-15
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NWL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-03-15
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MACLURE, William John appointed
director
2000-03-15
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NWL NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-03-15
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NWL NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Hugh Macintyre Dunlop Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Martin Robert Benson Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-03-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Unit 1a Broadford Industrial

Estate, Broadford

Isle Of Skye

IV49 9AP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

DUNLOP, Peter Hugh Macintyre→

secretary · appointed 2000-03-15

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Active

BENSON, Martin Robert→

director · ~63y · appointed 2000-03-15

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Active

DUNLOP, Peter Hugh Macintyre→

director · ~74y · appointed 2000-03-15

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Active

TAYLOR, Lourika→

director · ~47y · appointed 2019-04-29

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Active

NWL SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-15 · resigned 2000-03-15

Resigned

MACLURE, William John→

director · ~55y · appointed 2000-03-15 · resigned 2003-10-08

Resigned

NWL NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-15 · resigned 2000-03-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Peter H M Dunlop and Others	Floating charge	1 property	29/01/2013	—

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