PRAVERA LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC217044 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£1.46M
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46450SIC 46450
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.9y

80/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £53,163
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Turnover YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Turnover£1.46M£1.47M
Gross profit£526.4k£500.3k
Operating profit£53.4k£-15.4k
Profit before tax£53.2k£-15.3k
Average employees10001100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-13
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    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-02-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2026-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  5. 2026-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2025-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-18
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-03-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-01-13
    ➖
    HUME, Patricia Bernadette, Mrs. resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-01-13
    ➖
    HUME, Patricia Bernadette, Mrs. resigned
    director
  20. 2011-04-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  21. 2004-07-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2001-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As PRAVERA LTD
  23. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    HUME, Graeme Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    HUME, Patricia Bernadette, Mrs. appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-03-20
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    HUME, Patricia Bernadette, Mrs. appointed
    director
  28. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-03-20
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graeme Paul Hume
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2001-03-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46370 — Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Registered office

Conchieton Business Centre
Conchieton Business Centre
Kirkcudbright
Dumfries & Galloway
DG6 4TA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

HUME, Graeme Paul→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUME, Patricia Bernadette, Mrs.→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2012-01-13
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2001-03-20
Resigned
HUME, Patricia Bernadette, Mrs.→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2012-01-13
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2001-03-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property27/04/201113/02/2026
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property02/07/200413/02/2026

Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27