STEDER GROUP (UK) LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC514277 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-28

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49200

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

49410Freight transport by road
50200SIC 50200
51210SIC 51210

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £4,394,293

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£4.39M	£5.75M
Average employees	64	6200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-09
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-25
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WARD, Shaune James resigned
director
2025-07-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-07-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-01
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-01
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-06-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-06-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-06-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-06-18
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-16
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DE KORTE, Robertus Abraham resigned
director
2021-06-16
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ZWANENBURG, Martinus Johannes Antonius resigned
director
2019-07-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-11-17
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MAGUIRE, Thomas Gerard resigned
director
2016-04-11
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LOGAN, Steven George appointed
director
2016-04-11
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SPEIRS, Fraser Houston appointed
director
2016-04-11
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MAGUIRE, Thomas Gerard appointed
director
2016-04-11
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WARD, Shaune James appointed
director
2015-08-28
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Company incorporated
As STEDER GROUP (UK) LIMITED
2015-08-28
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DE KORTE, Robertus Abraham appointed
director
2015-08-28
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ZWANENBURG, Martinus Johannes Antonius appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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 59 — approaching natural succession window.

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 59. 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.)

Group structure

Neele-Vat Sg Holding B.V. holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Neele-Vat Sg Holding B.V.

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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STEDER GROUP (UK) LIMITED

This company · SC514277

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Neele-Vat Sg Holding B.V. Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	16/06/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Geromar Holding B.V.ceased 16/06/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-08-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49200 — SIC 49200

Registered office

48 St. Vincent Street

Glasgow

G2 5HS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-19

Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LOGAN, Steven George→

director · ~59y · appointed 2016-04-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SPEIRS, Fraser Houston→

director · ~52y · appointed 2016-04-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DE KORTE, Robertus Abraham→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-08-28 · resigned 2021-06-16

Resigned

MAGUIRE, Thomas Gerard→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-04-11 · resigned 2017-11-17

Resigned

WARD, Shaune James→

director · ~45y · appointed 2016-04-11 · resigned 2025-07-25

Resigned

ZWANENBURG, Martinus Johannes Antonius→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-08-28 · resigned 2021-06-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	29/07/2019	—

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Recent filings (47 total)

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2026-04-09

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2026-04-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-08

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-11

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-05

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2024-07-04

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2024-07-01

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2024-07-01

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2024-07-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-04

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-20