SKS JOINERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC237743 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-07
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 18.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.8y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.8 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
5 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-11-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Scottish Borders Council
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2016-02-25➕SUDLOW, Ryan Stanley James appointeddirector
- 2009-10-31➖SUDLOW, Stanley resigneddirector
- 2007-09-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-04-01➕SUDLOW, Stanley appointeddirector
- 2002-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs SKS JOINERY LIMITED
- 2002-10-07➕SUDLOW, Joanne Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2002-10-07➕SUDLOW, Joanne Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2002-10-07➕SUDLOW, Stephen Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2002-10-07➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-10-07➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stephen Kenneth Sudlow Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERNION JOINERY LIMITED→ SC292238 · est 2005 | — | — | £17.7k | — | 20y | 83 | 62y |
| B & K HUME GROUNDWORKS LIMITED→ SC290502 · est 2005 | — | — | £546.1k | — | 20y | 82 | 87y |
| BORDER COATINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC262007 · est 2004 | — | — | — | 4 | 22y | 82 | 81y |
| BRYAN MOFFAT LIMITED→ SC283643 · est 2005 | — | — | £179 | — | 21y | 82 | 59y |
| DOBBIE & MICHIE LIMITED→ SC243747 · est 2003 | — | — | £161.7k | — | 23y | 82 | 58y |
| FAIRVIEW BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED→ 00808186 · est 1964 | — | — | — | 2 | 61y | 82 | 65y |
| FJORDHUS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC298266 · est 2006 | — | — | — | 700 | 20y | 82 | 80y |
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| TOMMY MCCOLL ELECTRICAL LTD→ 13484599 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| TWEED GROUP LTD→ 15155886 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation
Registered office
Appletree Cottage Mian Street
Morebattle
Kelso
TD5 8QQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
SUDLOW, Joanne Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-10-07
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SUDLOW, Joanne Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2002-10-07
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SUDLOW, Ryan Stanley James→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2016-02-25
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SUDLOW, Stephen Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-10-07
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-07 · resigned 2002-10-07
SUDLOW, Stanley→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2009-10-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Scottish Borders Council | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/11/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 05/09/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (115 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-08