SOUTHEAST TRADERS LIMITED

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SC235763 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46499Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.7y

60/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 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.
· 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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

83/100Exceptional

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 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,335,733

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Profit before tax	£1.34M	£1.18M
Average employees	26	2600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
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officers · AP01
2026-03-01
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STEWART, John appointed
director
2025-04-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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officers · TM01
2024-09-12
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MCMAHON, Declan John resigned
director
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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officers · CH01
2024-01-17
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officers · CH01
2024-01-09
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STEWART, Alana appointed
director
2024-01-09
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TAYLOR, Alan Nicholas appointed
director
2024-01-09
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MCMAHON, Declan John appointed
director
2024-01-09
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officers · AP01
2024-01-09
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officers · AP01
2024-01-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
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address · AD01
2022-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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TAYLOR, Alan appointed
director
2022-05-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2011-12-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-02-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-12-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2003-09-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-08-22
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Company incorporated
As SOUTHEAST TRADERS LIMITED
2002-08-22
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TAYLOR, Alan appointed
secretary
2002-08-22
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TAYLOR, Theresa appointed
director
2002-08-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TAYLOR, Alan Nicholas (same surname) appointed 2024-01-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

24/26 Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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24/26 Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SOUTHEAST TRADERS LIMITED

This company · SC235763

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
24/26 Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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D MCNAIR (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED→ SC089357 · est 1984	£2.35M £1.76M–£2.93M	—	—	69	41y	85	63y
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7 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

Incorporated2002-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Registered office

30-36 Napier Place

Cumbernauld

Glasgow

G68 0LL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-05

Last: 2025-08-22