THE STRATH BAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC304587 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-27

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 14.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	200	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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2023-03-31
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2021-06-30
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2020-03-31
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2019-03-29
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accounts · AA
2018-03-30
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accounts · AA
2017-09-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-09-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-24
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officers · CH01
2017-03-24
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accounts · AA
2017-03-24
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officers · AP01
2016-09-05
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2016-07-01
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SKENE, Robert appointed
director
2016-03-31
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2012-04-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
2006-06-27
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Company incorporated
As THE STRATH BAR LIMITED
2006-06-27
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SKENE, Robert appointed
secretary
2006-06-27
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SKENE, Ann appointed
director
2006-06-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-06-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Skene Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/06/2017
Ms Ann Skene Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2006-06-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

1 Law Crescent

Dundee

Tayside

DD3 6TN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SKENE, Robert→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-27

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Active

SKENE, Ann→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-06-27

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Active

SKENE, Robert→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-07-01

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-27 · resigned 2006-06-27

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-27 · resigned 2006-06-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited	Standard security	1 property	09/04/2012	—

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