XANDER TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC483837 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-07

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£15.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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 £15,945

Net assets shrinking

Down £206 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£16k

↓ 1.3% YoY

Current Assets

£14k

↑ 9.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£14.8k	£13.6k
Current assets	£13.9k	£12.8k
Net assets	£15.9k	£16.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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2023-12-29
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts · AA
2019-11-04
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address · AD01
2019-06-24
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accounts · AA
2018-06-18
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accounts · AA
2017-07-13
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accounts · AA
2016-06-19
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accounts · AA
2015-08-26
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-06
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accounts · AA
2015-04-14
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2014-08-07
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Company incorporated
As XANDER TRADING LIMITED
2014-08-07
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BECK, James Shaw appointed
director
2014-08-07
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BECK, Lynda appointed
director
2014-08-07
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incorporation · NEWINC

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 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lynda Beck Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr James Shaw Beck Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	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

Incorporated2014-08-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

Mf2k Unit 08 Riverside Business Park

Moffat Street

Glasgow

G5 0PD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-21

Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BECK, James Shaw→

director · ~61y · appointed 2014-08-07

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BECK, Lynda→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-08-07

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