SABLEY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC486343 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-10
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200100

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-12
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-05-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-05-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-05-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-01
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    HANDLEY, Margaret appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-09-10
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    Company incorporated
    As SABLEY LTD
  19. 2014-09-10
    ➕
    SABUR, Mohsin Riyaz appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Margaret Handley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2023
Mr Mohsin Sabur
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

26 High Street
Annan
Dumfriesshire
DG12 6AJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HANDLEY, Margaret→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-04-01
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Active
SABUR, Mohsin Riyaz→
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-09-10
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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-09