SMTA (TRADING PARTNERS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC342972 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-15
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 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 15.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.7 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 (82/100)

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 (3 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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£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 employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-10
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    BURGESS, William Alexander resigned
    director
  4. 2024-11-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-11-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-11-01
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    GALL, Alan Glen Paterson appointed
    director
  8. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-13
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    THOMSON, Edward appointed
    director
  11. 2023-06-13
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    GREENWOOD, Graham Wallace resigned
    director
  12. 2023-06-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-06-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-06-28
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    GREENWOOD, Graham Wallace appointed
    director
  21. 2017-06-28
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    MCGEOCH, Colin William resigned
    director
  22. 2017-06-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2017-06-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2015-12-16
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    INNES, David Sinclair Wilkinson resigned
    director
  25. 2015-06-25
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William resigned
    secretary
  26. 2015-06-25
    ➕
    BURGESS, William Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2015-06-25
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William resigned
    director
  28. 2013-06-26
    ➖
    GRIEVE, Ian resigned
    director
  29. 2013-06-26
    ➕
    MCGEOCH, Colin William appointed
    director
  30. 2011-06-29
    ➖
    BURGESS, William Alexander resigned
    director
  31. 2011-06-29
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    GRIEVE, Ian appointed
    director
  32. 2011-05-13
    ➖
    PAGE, James Tracy resigned
    director
  33. 2010-08-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank PLC
  34. 2008-05-28
    ➕
    INNES, David Sinclair Wilkinson appointed
    director
  35. 2008-05-28
    ➕
    PAGE, James Tracy appointed
    director
  36. 2008-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As SMTA (TRADING PARTNERS) LIMITED
  37. 2008-05-15
    ➕
    KINGHORN, Stuart appointed
    director
  38. 2008-05-15
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William appointed
    secretary
  39. 2008-05-15
    ➕
    BURGESS, William Alexander appointed
    director
  40. 2008-05-15
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
Mr Alan Glen Paterson Gall
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Alexander Burgessceased 02/11/2024· significant influence

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Palmerston House
10 The Loan
South Queensferry
EH30 9NS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-29
Last: 2025-05-15

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

GALL, Alan Glen Paterson→
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KINGHORN, Stuart→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Edward→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2015-06-25
Resigned
BURGESS, William Alexander→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-06-25 · resigned 2025-05-10
Resigned
BURGESS, William Alexander→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2011-06-29
Resigned
GREENWOOD, Graham Wallace→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-06-28 · resigned 2023-06-13
Resigned
GRIEVE, Ian→
director · ~80y · appointed 2011-06-29 · resigned 2013-06-26
Resigned
INNES, David Sinclair Wilkinson→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-05-28 · resigned 2015-12-16
Resigned
MCGEOCH, Colin William→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-06-26 · resigned 2017-06-28
Resigned
PAGE, James Tracy→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-05-28 · resigned 2011-05-13
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Douglas Robert William→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-05-15 · resigned 2015-06-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property19/08/2010—
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-16