SÜDZUCKER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC506349 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,247,627

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Profit before tax£1.25M£882.3k
Average employees800700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-04
    ➕
    MCCABE, Douglas Francis appointed
    director
  4. 2023-09-04
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    FERGUSON, William Ross resigned
    director
  5. 2023-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-09-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-02-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2015-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As SÜDZUCKER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
  20. 2015-05-20
    ➕
    DESIRE, Thibaut appointed
    director
  21. 2015-05-20
    ➕
    OOSTERINK, Marijn Dagardo appointed
    director
  22. 2015-05-20
    ➕
    FERGUSON, William Ross appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
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.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46360 — Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery

Registered office

Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DESIRE, Thibaut→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCABE, Douglas Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OOSTERINK, Marijn Dagardo→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, William Ross→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-05-20 · resigned 2023-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-21