THE STRATHBROCK BAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC386300 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-01

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£263.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £263,132

Cash YoY

+97%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£50k

↑ 97% YoY

Net Worth

£263k

↑ 8.8% YoY

Current Assets

£52k

↑ 89% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£263.1k	£242.0k
Current assets	£52.3k	£27.7k
Cash	£50.1k	£25.5k
Debtors	£2.2k	£2.2k
Net assets	£263.1k	£242.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-07-09
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accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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accounts · AA
2022-07-25
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accounts · AA
2021-07-22
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accounts · AA
2020-07-27
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accounts · AA
2019-07-19
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accounts · AA
2018-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-27
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accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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accounts · AA
2015-10-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-29
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accounts · AA
2014-10-01
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-10-09
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annual-return · AR01
2013-07-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited
2010-10-01
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Company incorporated
As THE STRATHBROCK BAR LIMITED
2010-10-01
➕
ALEXANDER, Arthur appointed
director
2010-10-01
➕
PATTERSON, Linda appointed
director
2010-10-01
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-10-01
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-10-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-10-01
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 signal

Multiple 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 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-10-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

44 Craigengar Avenue

Uphall

West Lothian

EH52 5SR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-15

Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Arthur→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-10-01

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Active

PATTERSON, Linda→

director · ~58y · appointed 2010-10-01

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-01

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Greene King Brewing and Retailing Greene King Brewing and Retailing Limited	A registered charge	1 property	08/07/2013	—

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