STREAMTEC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC250150 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-27
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 12.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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
Average employees242300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-04
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  3. 2024-01-23
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  4. 2023-01-19
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  5. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-10-15
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  7. 2020-03-16
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  8. 2019-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2018-12-19
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  10. 2018-02-07
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-04
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-07-01
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    GAULD, Ian appointed
    director
  13. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-22
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2015-06-12
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    MCMILLAN, Andrina Clark appointed
    director
  18. 2015-06-01
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  19. 2014-07-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2013-07-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2004-12-01
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-11-30
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    THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-07-04
    ➕
    MCMILLAN, Ian Doig appointed
    director
  24. 2003-07-04
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    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    director
  25. 2003-05-27
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    Company incorporated
    As STREAMTEC LIMITED
  26. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2003-05-27
    ➕
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ian Doig Mcmillan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Andrina Clark Mcmillan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

Registered office

Whitehall House
33 Yeaman Shore
Dundee
DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAULD, Ian→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMILLAN, Andrina Clark→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMILLAN, Ian Doig→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORNTONS WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2003-07-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property10/07/201309/07/2014

Recent filings (69 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-06-06