TOOLDEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC453454 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-28
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 12.8y

45/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £890,289

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Profit before tax£890.3k
Average employees56

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-17
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    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-09-09
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    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-09-05
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  5. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-09
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-17
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  15. 2017-07-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2016-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-01-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2014-11-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2014-11-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  20. 2013-08-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Nick Child & Wilma Jamieson Child
  21. 2013-06-28
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    Company incorporated
    As TOOLDEN LIMITED
  22. 2013-06-28
    ➕
    CHILD, Jamie Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2013-06-28
    ➕
    SELLERS, Alister Ward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 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 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 13 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 Alister Ward Sellers
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Jamie Paul Child
Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated2013-06-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

1 Esslemont Estate
Ellon
AB41 8NW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHILD, Jamie Paul→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-06-28
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Active
SELLERS, Alister Ward→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-06-28
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property05/09/2025—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/11/2014—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—19/11/2014—
satisfied
Nick Child & Wilma Jamieson Child
A registered charge1 property05/08/201322/01/2015
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-04-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-18