SKY-POD WORLD LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC504967 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-05

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	—	£-10.0k
Net assets	—	£-19.3k

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-08-25
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2024-08-12
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2023-05-17
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accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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accounts · AA
2021-08-30
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accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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accounts · AA
2019-08-21
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accounts · AA
2019-01-07
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LEAHY, Mark resigned
director
2019-01-07
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officers · TM01
2018-05-30
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accounts · AA01
2018-02-20
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accounts · AA
2017-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-05-25
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-05
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Company incorporated
As SKY-POD WORLD LTD
2015-05-05
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LEAHY, Michael appointed
director
2015-05-05
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LEAHY, Thomas Kevin appointed
director
2015-05-05
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LEAHY, Mark appointed
director
2015-05-05
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100

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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100

Moderate signal

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

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.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Kevin Leahy Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	05/05/2016

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

Incorporated2015-05-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Tigh-Geal

Tarland

Aboyne

Aberdeenshire

AB34 4XA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-19

Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LEAHY, Michael→

director · ~62y · appointed 2015-05-05

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Active

LEAHY, Thomas Kevin→

director · ~61y · appointed 2015-05-05

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Active

LEAHY, Mark→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-05-05 · resigned 2019-01-07

Resigned

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