SEDACA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC401461 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-10

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£8.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Book publishing

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

86900Other human health activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,111

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,937 YoY

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£11k

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£8k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£8.1k	£11.2k
Current assets	—	£14.7k
Cash	£11.3k	£14.7k
Net assets	£8.1k	£11.0k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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2023-03-21
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2021-03-17
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2020-03-18
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2019-03-12
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2018-01-31
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2017-06-28
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2011-06-10
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Company incorporated
As SEDACA LIMITED
2011-06-10
➕
ANDREWS, June, Professor appointed
director
2011-06-10
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CORBETT, Charles Meynell appointed
director
2011-06-10
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2011-06-10
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Charlotte Jane Corbett Individual · British · DOB 08/1996 · age 30	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2017
Professor June Andrews Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Charles Meynell Corbett Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2011-06-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

4 Powies Path

Mid Calder

West Lothian

EH53 0GA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-24

Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ANDREWS, June, Professor→

director · ~71y · appointed 2011-06-10

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Active

CORBETT, Charles Meynell→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-06-10

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Active

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2011-06-10 · resigned 2011-06-10

Resigned

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