MIKE & LENA SINGER LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC408898 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-06
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 12.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
39 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
70
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£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees600600

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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  2. 2025-03-13
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  3. 2024-08-01
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  4. 2023-04-23
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  5. 2022-08-24
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  6. 2021-09-06
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  7. 2021-09-06
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  8. 2021-08-31
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  9. 2020-08-24
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  10. 2019-08-28
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  11. 2018-08-23
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  12. 2017-04-24
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  13. 2016-08-26
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  14. 2015-10-22
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  15. 2015-08-28
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  16. 2013-07-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  17. 2013-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  18. 2011-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As MIKE & LENA SINGER LTD
  19. 2011-10-06
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    SINGER, Lena-Anne, Mrs. appointed
    director
  20. 2011-10-06
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    SINGER, Michael, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

94/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SINGER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Michael Singer
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs. Lena-Anne Singer
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Glencarse Hotel
Glencarse
Perth
PH2 7LX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SINGER, Lena-Anne, Mrs.→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-10-06
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Active
SINGER, Michael, Mr.→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-10-06
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property12/07/2013—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property21/06/2013—
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Recent filings (39 total)

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2026-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
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accounts · AA
2023-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-05
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2020-08-24