SANTOSHI ENTERPRISE LIMITED
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.9y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £741.7k | £748.9k |
| Current assets | £8.0k | £16.1k |
| Cash | £38 | £16.1k |
| Debtors | £7.9k | — |
| Net assets | £669.9k | £677.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Pantheon Estates Limited
- 2023-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-05-18➕KUMAR, Bimal appointeddirector
- 2016-05-18➖BASSI, Mandeep Kumar resigneddirector
- 2005-07-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2003-06-16🏢Company incorporatedAs SANTOSHI ENTERPRISE LIMITED
- 2003-06-16➕BALA, Kiran appointedsecretary
- 2003-06-16➕BALA, Kiran appointeddirector
- 2003-06-16➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-06-16➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-06-16➕BASSI, Mandeep Kumar appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Kiran Bala Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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 →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Pantheon Estates Pantheon Estates Limited | A registered charge | — | 24/05/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 2 properties | 15/07/2005 | — |