THE MAINSTREET TRADING COMPANY UK LTD

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SC283371 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-18
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 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47610
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 18.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees262700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-03
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  3. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2023-12-07
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  5. 2022-12-20
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  6. 2021-12-16
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  7. 2020-12-22
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  8. 2019-12-12
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  9. 2018-12-19
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  10. 2017-12-18
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  11. 2016-12-05
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  12. 2016-04-21
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  13. 2015-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-01
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2015-09-01
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    WALKER, Fiona Mary Elizabeth resigned
    director
  16. 2015-05-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
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  17. 2008-06-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2008-03-14
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    DE LA HEY, Rosamund Margaret Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-14
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    DE LA HEY, Rosamund Margaret Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-14
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    DE LA HEY, William Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2008-03-14
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    WALKER, Fiona Mary Elizabeth appointed
    director
  22. 2008-02-28
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2008-02-28
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  24. 2005-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As THE MAINSTREET TRADING COMPANY UK LTD
  25. 2005-04-18
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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  26. 2005-04-18
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rosamund Margaret Elizabeth De La Hey
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-04-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47610 — SIC 47610

Registered office

Lanton Tower Lanton Tower
Lanton
Jedburgh
TD8 6SU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DE LA HEY, Rosamund Margaret Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-14
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Active
DE LA HEY, Rosamund Margaret Elizabeth→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-03-14
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Active
DE LA HEY, William Michael→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-03-14
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-18 · resigned 2008-02-28
Resigned
WALKER, Fiona Mary Elizabeth→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-03-14 · resigned 2015-09-01
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-18 · resigned 2008-02-28
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 property04/06/2008—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-12