SUPERICO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC512999 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-13
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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). 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 10.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    EASTCROFT, David John appointed
    director
  2. 2025-10-23
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    CRAIG, Steven Russell resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-10-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-05-30
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    legacy
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  7. 2025-05-30
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    other · GUARANTEE2
  8. 2025-05-30
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    other · AGREEMENT2
  9. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-05-07
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  11. 2024-04-25
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  12. 2024-04-25
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  13. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-12-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-10-12
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    HOGGAN, Stephen Mark resigned
    director
  17. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-12-11
    ➖
    MACPHERSON, Alan Alexander resigned
    director
  19. 2020-12-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2020-11-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-11-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  22. 2020-10-16
    ➖
    CASTILLO CASTRO, Juan José resigned
    director
  23. 2020-07-31
    ➕
    HOWAT, Malcolm Newall appointed
    director
  24. 2020-07-31
    ➕
    CRAIG, Steven Russell appointed
    director
  25. 2020-07-31
    ➕
    HOGGAN, Stephen Mark appointed
    director
  26. 2020-07-31
    ➖
    HOWAT, Malcolm Shekleton resigned
    director
  27. 2020-07-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2020-07-31
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    officers · AP01
  29. 2016-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Howat Capital Parners UK Limited
  30. 2015-08-30
    ➖
    HOWAT, Malcolm Newall resigned
    director
  31. 2015-08-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SUPERICO LIMITED
  32. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    CASTILLO CASTRO, Juan José appointed
    director
  33. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    HOWAT, Malcolm Shekleton appointed
    director
  34. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    HOWAT, Malcolm Newall appointed
    director
  35. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    MACPHERSON, Alan Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Howat Capital Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Howat Capital Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SUPERICO LIMITED
This company · SC512999

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Howat Capital Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/08/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Malcolm Newall Howatceased 31/08/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest

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
Incorporated2015-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

7 Melville Terrace
Stirling
FK8 2ND
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

EASTCROFT, David John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2025-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWAT, Malcolm Newall→
director · ~79y · appointed 2020-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASTILLO CASTRO, Juan José→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-08-13 · resigned 2020-10-16
Resigned
CRAIG, Steven Russell→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-07-31 · resigned 2025-10-23
Resigned
HOGGAN, Stephen Mark→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-07-31 · resigned 2021-10-12
Resigned
HOWAT, Malcolm Shekleton→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-08-13 · resigned 2020-07-31
Resigned
HOWAT, Malcolm Newall→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-08-13 · resigned 2015-08-30
Resigned
MACPHERSON, Alan Alexander→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-08-13 · resigned 2020-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Howat Capital Parners UK
Howat Capital Parners UK Limited
A registered charge—01/04/2016—
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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-05-30
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-05-30
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-05-07
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-04-25
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12