SOLTROPY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC433924 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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
1 live charge · oldest 2.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-02-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-11-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Rocking Horse Solutions UK Limited
- 2023-10-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-01➕SPEAKE, Andrew Ian appointeddirector
- 2012-10-03🏢Company incorporatedAs SOLTROPY LIMITED
- 2012-10-03➕SPEAKE, Stuart Neil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Stuart Neil Speake Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 23/03/2026 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Stuart Neil Speakeceased 23/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Elizabeth Rose Speakeceased 30/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| SWAGELINING LIMITED→ SC355758 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-10-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
22 Riverside Gardens
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 8EP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SPEAKE, Andrew Ian→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SPEAKE, Stuart Neil→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2012-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Rocking Horse Solutions UK Rocking Horse Solutions UK Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/11/2023 | 26/02/2024 |
Recent filings (36 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28