SOAPWORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC388292 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-05

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 15.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

£11.53M

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 20411

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.4y

75/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.4 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.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

Profitable

Profit before tax £19,486

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-12-29
Turnover	£11.53M
Gross profit	£1.76M
Operating profit	£181.7k
Profit before tax	£19.5k
Average employees	10300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
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SEDDON, Stuart resigned
director
2025-09-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
➖
WELS, Jan resigned
director
2024-03-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-30
➖
DUQUE, Astrid resigned
director
2022-08-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-25
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CUMMING, Brian appointed
director
2021-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-04
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WELS, Jan appointed
director
2019-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-03-19
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2019-02-14
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auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2019-01-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-21
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ZADRUZYNSKI, Jan resigned
director
2018-04-17
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DAVILA, Manuel Julian appointed
director
2018-04-17
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DOUGLAS, Jeroen appointed
director
2018-04-17
➖
CADDIS, Claire resigned
director
2018-04-17
➖
COOK, Michael resigned
director
2018-04-17
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CUMMING, Brian resigned
director
2018-04-17
➕
DUQUE, Astrid appointed
director
2011-01-05
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CADDIS, Claire appointed
director
2011-01-05
➕
COOK, Michael appointed
director
2011-01-05
➕
CUMMING, Brian appointed
director
2011-01-05
➕
SEDDON, Stuart appointed
director
2010-12-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2010-11-05
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Company incorporated
As SOAPWORKS LIMITED
2010-11-05
➕
ZADRUZYNSKI, Jan appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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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6 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

Incorporated2010-11-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC20411 — SIC 20411

Registered office

Soapworks Ltd Units 3-11 Block 8

Coltness Street

Glasgow

G33 4JD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-22

Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

CUMMING, Brian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2022-07-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVILA, Manuel Julian→

director · ~62y · appointed 2018-04-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOUGLAS, Jeroen→

director · ~62y · appointed 2018-04-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CADDIS, Claire→

director · ~52y · appointed 2011-01-05 · resigned 2018-04-17

Resigned

COOK, Michael→

director · ~67y · appointed 2011-01-05 · resigned 2018-04-17

Resigned

CUMMING, Brian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2011-01-05 · resigned 2018-04-17

Resigned

DUQUE, Astrid→

director · ~56y · appointed 2018-04-17 · resigned 2022-09-30

Resigned

SEDDON, Stuart→

director · ~51y · appointed 2011-01-05 · resigned 2025-09-08

Resigned

WELS, Jan→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-02-04 · resigned 2024-03-21

Resigned

ZADRUZYNSKI, Jan→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-11-05 · resigned 2018-12-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	31/12/2010	—

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2026-01-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-09-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-11-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-12-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-23

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-08-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-09