VALHALLA SETTLEMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC208885 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-07
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 25.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£85.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £85,216
Net assets shrinking
Down £262 YoY
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£43k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Net Worth
£85k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£34k£51k£68k£85kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£85.2k£85.5k
Cash£42.8k£41.4k
Net assets£85.2k£85.5k

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.

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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 (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-06
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  3. 2024-03-25
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  4. 2023-03-31
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  5. 2022-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-03
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    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2022-02-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-19
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  10. 2019-03-12
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  11. 2018-03-28
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  12. 2016-12-06
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  13. 2016-03-07
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  14. 2015-08-04
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  15. 2015-03-30
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  16. 2014-07-22
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  17. 2010-07-07
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    INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2007-05-11
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Mortgage Trust Limited
  19. 2007-05-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2007-04-26
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    INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-04-26
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    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-06-19
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    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-06-18
    ➖
    CROSSING REGISTRARS (SCOTLAND) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2003-03-04
    ➖
    AFM FREDERICK FRASER LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    CROSSING REGISTRARS (SCOTLAND) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2001-02-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2001-02-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 2001-01-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2000-07-07
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    Company incorporated
    As VALHALLA SETTLEMENTS LIMITED
  30. 2000-07-07
    ➕
    KRISTENSEN, Angela Marie appointed
    director
  31. 2000-07-07
    ➕
    KRISTENSEN, Svend Le-Fevre appointed
    director
  32. 2000-07-07
    ➕
    AFM FREDERICK FRASER LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — 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 63. 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 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Angela Marie Kristensen
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/07/2016
Svend Le-Fevre Kristensen
Individual · Danish · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/07/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-07-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Iais Level One
211 Dumbarton Road
Glasgow
G11 6AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

KRISTENSEN, Angela Marie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KRISTENSEN, Svend Le-Fevre→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AFM FREDERICK FRASER LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-07-07 · resigned 2003-03-04
Resigned
CROSSING REGISTRARS (SCOTLAND) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2004-06-18
Resigned
INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-26 · resigned 2010-07-07
Resigned
WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-06-19 · resigned 2007-04-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Mortgage Trust
Mortgage Trust Limited
Standard security1 property11/05/2007—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/02/2001—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/02/200111/05/2007
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property31/01/200103/02/2022
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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-22