SALTIRE PATISSERIE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC295828 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-19

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 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Oct 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.9y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	15	1400

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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accounts · AA
2026-02-25
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officers · AP01
2026-02-25
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officers · AP01
2026-02-25
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officers · AP01
2026-02-04
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LANDELLS, Rebecca Julia appointed
director
2026-02-04
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PETERS, Robert Bruce appointed
director
2026-02-04
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PETERS, Vanessa Mary appointed
director
2025-03-13
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accounts · AA
2025-01-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-20
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officers · CH01
2024-05-27
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accounts · AA
2024-03-05
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mortgage · MR04
2024-03-05
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Charge satisfied #3
2023-08-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-06
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accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-25
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts · AA
2020-07-23
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capital · SH01
2020-03-18
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accounts · AA
2017-02-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-02-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-02-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Aldermore Invoice Finance
2006-06-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-01-27
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PETERS, Vanessa Mary appointed
secretary
2006-01-27
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PETERS, David John appointed
director
2006-01-19
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Company incorporated
As SALTIRE PATISSERIE LTD.
2006-01-19
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-19
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2006-01-19
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
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2006-01-19
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2006-01-19
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
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2006-01-19
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

66/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PETERS, Robert Bruce (same surname) appointed 2026-02-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
David John Blackley Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/04/2022
Mr David John Peters Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	25–50%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-01-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

45 & 46 Dryden Terrace

Loanhead

EH20 9JL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19