SOUND TECHNOLOGY AUDIO-VISUAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC258755 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-05

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 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	300	300

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

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1 signal 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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-09
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WISEMAN, Paula appointed
director
2024-10-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-03
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2004-03-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-11-05
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Company incorporated
As SOUND TECHNOLOGY AUDIO-VISUAL LIMITED
2003-11-05
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WISEMAN, Nora Barron appointed
secretary
2003-11-05
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WISEMAN, Christopher appointed
director
2003-11-05
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WISEMAN, Edmund appointed
director
2003-11-05
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WISEMAN, Nora Barron appointed
director
2003-11-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WISEMAN, Paula (same surname) appointed 2024-10-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
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.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Wiseman Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	20/10/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Edmund Wisemanceased 23/10/2023· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2003-11-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

Registered office

24 West High Street

Inverurie

Aberdeenshire

AB51 3SA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19