SELN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC396796 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-31
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£1£1£2£2Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£2
Current assets—£2
Net assets—£2

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As SELN LIMITED
  17. 2011-03-31
    ➕
    GRANT, Elaine Muriel appointed
    director
  18. 2011-03-31
    ➕
    GRANT, Stewart William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 63. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stewart William Grant
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Elaine Muriel Grant
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Loanhead
Drumblade
Huntly
AB54 6EQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRANT, Elaine Muriel→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-31
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GRANT, Stewart William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-03-31
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15