SARTI (WELLINGTON ST.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC272255 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-20
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 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£99
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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

1 live charge · oldest 18.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.2 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: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £99
Very low cash
Cash position: £99
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£99
~ YoY
Net Worth
£99
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£20£40£59£79£99Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£99£99
Cash£99£99
Net assets£99£99

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-11-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-10-30
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    BLACK, Victoria resigned
    director
  11. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-12-01
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    COLLINS, Patrick resigned
    director
  18. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    DIAMOND, Patricia Marion appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    ARRIGHI, Michele Antonio Carlo appointed
    director
  20. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    CIMMINO, Renato appointed
    director
  21. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    DIAMOND, Patricia Marion appointed
    director
  22. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    SARTI, Daniela appointed
    director
  23. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    O'DONNELL, Gerald resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    BLACK, Victoria appointed
    director
  25. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    COLLINS, Patrick appointed
    director
  26. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    O'DONNELL, Gerald resigned
    director
  27. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    SARTI, Piero Lucio resigned
    director
  28. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    SARTI, Sandro Pietro Mario resigned
    director
  29. 2008-02-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2004-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As SARTI (WELLINGTON ST.) LIMITED
  31. 2004-08-20
    ➕
    O'DONNELL, Gerald appointed
    secretary
  32. 2004-08-20
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2004-08-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2004-08-20
    ➕
    O'DONNELL, Gerald appointed
    director
  35. 2004-08-20
    ➕
    SARTI, Piero Lucio appointed
    director
  36. 2004-08-20
    ➕
    SARTI, Sandro Pietro Mario appointed
    director

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SARTI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Sarti Wellington Street Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sarti Wellington Street Trading Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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SARTI (WELLINGTON ST.) LIMITED
This company · SC272255

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sarti Wellington Street Trading Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

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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.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

133 Wellington Street
Glasgow
G2 2XD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

DIAMOND, Patricia Marion→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARRIGHI, Michele Antonio Carlo→
director · ~44y · appointed 2008-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CIMMINO, Renato→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIAMOND, Patricia Marion→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SARTI, Daniela→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-02-29
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Active
O'DONNELL, Gerald→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2004-08-20
Resigned
BLACK, Victoria→
director · ~47y · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2019-10-30
Resigned
COLLINS, Patrick→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
O'DONNELL, Gerald→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
SARTI, Piero Lucio→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
SARTI, Sandro Pietro Mario→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property29/02/2008—
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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-22