STANDCO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC211193 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-20
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£69.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, 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

2 live charges · oldest 22.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 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.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £69,281
Cash YoY
+284%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↑ 284% YoY
Net Worth
£69k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£28k£42k£55k£69kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£69.3k£57.1k
Cash£1.4k£361
Net assets£69.3k£57.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-04
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    MCINTYRE, Andrew Robert resigned
    director
  3. 2025-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2019-03-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2019-03-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  13. 2019-03-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-08
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    MCINTYRE, Stuart James appointed
    director
  18. 2016-12-08
    ➕
    MCINTYRE, Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2016-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2016-12-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2003-10-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 2003-09-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  23. 2000-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As STANDCO LIMITED
  24. 2000-09-20
    ➕
    MCINTYRE, Gerald James appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-09-20
    ➕
    MCINTYRE, Gerald James appointed
    director
  26. 2000-09-20
    ➕
    MCINTYRE, Sheena Kathleen appointed
    director
  27. 2000-09-20
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-09-20
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-09-20
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2000-09-20
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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 26 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 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-09-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

3 Lochiel Crescent
Banavie
Fort William
Highland
PH33 7LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MCINTYRE, Gerald James→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTYRE, Gerald James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTYRE, Sheena Kathleen→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTYRE, Stuart James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-20 · resigned 2000-09-20
Resigned
MCINTYRE, Andrew Robert→
director · ~43y · appointed 2016-12-08 · resigned 2025-03-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-20 · resigned 2000-09-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property13/10/200308/03/2019
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property22/09/200308/03/2019

Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-21