SNEDDEN ENGINEERING SURVEYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC210571 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-01

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 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£2.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,863

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 431% YoY

Current Assets

£71k

↓ 6.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£68.7k	£81.2k
Current assets	£70.6k	£75.4k
Net assets	£2.9k	£539

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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mortgage · MR04
2026-01-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2026-01-12
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accounts · AA
2025-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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accounts · AA
2021-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-22
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accounts · AA
2018-06-20
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accounts · AA
2017-04-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-11
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-09-03
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annual-return · AR01
2011-01-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2000-09-27
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SNEDDEN, Quentin Fanning appointed
secretary
2000-09-27
➕
SNEDDEN, Eileen appointed
director
2000-09-27
➕
SNEDDEN, Quentin Fanning appointed
director
2000-09-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-27
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-01
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Company incorporated
As SNEDDEN ENGINEERING SURVEYS LIMITED
2000-09-01
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-01
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SNEDDEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Quentin Fanning Snedden Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2000-09-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

26 Dalkeith Avenue

Dumbreck

Glasgow

G41 5BN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SNEDDEN, Quentin Fanning→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-27

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Active

SNEDDEN, Eileen→

director · ~62y · appointed 2000-09-27

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Active

SNEDDEN, Quentin Fanning→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-09-27

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2000-09-27

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2000-09-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited	Bond & floating charge	1 property	10/01/2011	21/01/2026