SKYMOUNT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC226228 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-12
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 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£76.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.7 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 (76/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £76,686
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,040 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£77k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£103k
↓ 11% 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 | £155.3k | £185.4k |
| Current assets | £103.4k | £116.6k |
| Debtors | £42.4k | £53.5k |
| Net assets | £76.7k | £86.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2009-03-19🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2009-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2009-02-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-01-22🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2008-12-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2002-08-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2001-12-17➕MACDONALD, Violet Joan appointedsecretary
- 2001-12-17➕MACDONALD, Violet Joan appointeddirector
- 2001-12-17➕YOUNG, Jackeline Munro appointeddirector
- 2001-12-17➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-12-17➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs SKYMOUNT LIMITED
- 2001-12-12➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-12-12➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackeline Munro Young Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Violet Joan Macdonald Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-12-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Registered office
Bridgend Stores
Ord Place
Lairg
Sutherland
IV27 4AZ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MACDONALD, Violet Joan→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-12-17
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MACDONALD, Violet Joan→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2001-12-17
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YOUNG, Jackeline Munro→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2001-12-17
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-12 · resigned 2001-12-17
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-12 · resigned 2001-12-17
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/02/2009 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 22/01/2009 | 19/03/2009 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 01/12/2008 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 30/08/2002 | 18/02/2009 |
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Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16