SNS PD LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC459572 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-19
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 9.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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 9.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2024-05-22
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  4. 2023-01-24
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  5. 2022-06-28
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  6. 2021-09-23
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  7. 2020-09-23
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  8. 2019-05-31
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  9. 2018-06-29
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  10. 2017-06-28
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  11. 2016-09-12
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  12. 2016-09-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2016-07-29
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  14. 2015-09-25
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  15. 2015-06-19
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  16. 2014-09-24
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  17. 2013-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As SNS PD LTD
  18. 2013-09-19
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    SKILLING, Alexander Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2013-09-19
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    SKILLING, Wendy Wishart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +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 66. 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 Alexander Michael Skilling
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/09/2016
Mrs Wendy Wishart Skilling
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/09/2016

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
Incorporated2013-09-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

The Workshop Station Road
Hatton Of Fintry
Aberdeen
AB21 0YG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SKILLING, Alexander Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-09-19
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SKILLING, Wendy Wishart→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-09-19
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—08/09/2016—
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Recent filings (26 total)

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2026-03-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
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accounts · AA
2024-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
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accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-21
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-20
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accounts · AA
2019-05-31