STRATH DECORATORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC303046 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-26
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-08-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-08-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-13📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-15📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2018-08-14📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2006-05-26🏢Company incorporatedAs STRATH DECORATORS LIMITED
- 2006-05-26➕MCGREGOR, Edna appointedsecretary
- 2006-05-26➕OCONNOR, Edward appointeddirector
- 2006-05-26➕PETRIE, Kenneth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Petocon Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Petocon Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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STRATH DECORATORS LIMITED
This company · SC303046
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Petocon Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 04/03/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Kenneth Petrieceased 04/03/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Edward O'Connorceased 04/03/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43341 — Painting
Registered office
253 Strathmartine Road
Dundee
DD3 8QQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
OCONNOR, Edward→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PETRIE, Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2006-05-26
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Recent filings (50 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07