SAINT NINIAN'S TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC519687 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-06

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56101Licenced restaurants

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

23 officers (4 active, 23 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

—

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1100	1000

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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officers · TM01
2026-03-17
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MANNION, Charlotte resigned
director
2025-09-26
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accounts · AA
2025-08-27
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officers · AP01
2025-08-22
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FERRIER, Ronnie appointed
director
2025-08-20
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officers · TM01
2025-08-08
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CAMPBELL, Gerri resigned
director
2025-05-29
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officers · AP01
2025-05-29
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officers · AP01
2025-05-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-28
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CHILTON, Peter Barry resigned
director
2025-05-20
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FERRIER, Caroline appointed
director
2025-05-20
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HEALD, Linda appointed
director
2024-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
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officers · TM01
2023-02-06
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officers · AP01
2023-02-06
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officers · AP01
2023-02-06
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officers · AP01
2023-02-03
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JEEVES, Melanie Susan resigned
director
2023-02-02
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MANNION, Sean appointed
director
2023-02-02
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CHILTON, Peter Barry appointed
director
2023-02-02
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JEEVES, Melanie Susan appointed
director
2023-02-02
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MANNION, Charlotte appointed
director
2023-02-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-02
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officers · TM01
2023-01-20
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COCHRANE, Lynda Ann, Dr resigned
director
2023-01-18
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KEW, Ivor Peter resigned
director
2022-11-11
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accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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CAMPBELL, Gerri appointed
director
2022-07-20
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officers · AP01
2022-07-19
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officers · TM01
2022-06-28
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LEWIS, Kay resigned
director
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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COCHRANE, Lynda Ann, Dr appointed
director
2021-12-20
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KEW, Ivor Peter appointed
director
2021-12-20
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SUNDERLAND, Marion resigned
director
2021-12-20
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WHEATLEY, Lynn Anne resigned
director
2021-10-01
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LUCAS, Karen Ann resigned
director
2021-10-01
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LUCAS, Richard resigned
director
2020-12-19
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SUNDERLAND, Marion resigned
secretary
2020-05-30
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DIAMOND, John resigned
director
2019-11-11
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DIAMOND, John appointed
director
2019-11-11
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KILTIE, Lyn resigned
director
2019-11-11
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KILTIE, Thomas James resigned
director
2019-11-11
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LEWIS, Kay appointed
director
2019-11-11
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LUCAS, Karen Ann appointed
director
2019-11-11
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LUCAS, Richard appointed
director
2017-09-15
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SUNDERLAND, Marion appointed
secretary

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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CAMPBELL, Gerri resigned 2025-08-08; CHILTON, Peter Barry resigned 2025-05-28; MANNION, Charlotte resigned 2026-03-17

Group structure

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

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Isle Futures Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SAINT NINIAN'S TRADING LIMITED

This company · SC519687

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Isle Futures Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	05/11/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-11-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Saint Ninian's Hall St. Ninian's Terrace

Isle Of Whithorn

Newton Stewart

Wigtownshire

DG8 8LH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (4 active · 19 resigned)

FERRIER, Caroline→

director · ~65y · appointed 2025-05-20

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Active

FERRIER, Ronnie→

director · ~70y · appointed 2025-08-22

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Active

HEALD, Linda→

director · ~65y · appointed 2025-05-20

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Active

MANNION, Sean→

director · ~69y · appointed 2023-02-02

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Active

PILLING, Gary→

secretary · appointed 2017-02-21 · resigned 2017-08-29

Resigned

SUNDERLAND, Marion→

secretary · appointed 2017-09-15 · resigned 2020-12-19

Resigned

CAMPBELL, Gerri→

director · ~69y · appointed 2022-07-20 · resigned 2025-08-08

Resigned

CHILTON, Peter Barry→

director · ~79y · appointed 2023-02-02 · resigned 2025-05-28

Resigned

COCHRANE, Lynda Ann, Dr→

director · ~74y · appointed 2021-12-20 · resigned 2023-01-20

Resigned

DIAMOND, John→

director · ~55y · appointed 2019-11-11 · resigned 2020-05-30

Resigned

JEEVES, Melanie Susan→

director · ~67y · appointed 2023-02-02 · resigned 2023-02-03

Resigned

KEW, Ivor Peter→

director · ~73y · appointed 2021-12-20 · resigned 2023-01-18

Resigned

KILTIE, Lyn→

director · ~69y · appointed 2017-02-21 · resigned 2019-11-11

Resigned

KILTIE, Thomas James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2017-09-15 · resigned 2019-11-11

Resigned

LEWIS, Kay→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-11-11 · resigned 2022-06-28

Resigned

LUCAS, Karen Ann→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-11-11 · resigned 2021-10-01

Resigned

LUCAS, Richard→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-11-11 · resigned 2021-10-01

Resigned

MANNION, Charlotte→

director · ~68y · appointed 2023-02-02 · resigned 2026-03-17

Resigned

MATIER, Kenneth Beauclerc→

director · ~73y · appointed 2015-11-06 · resigned 2017-09-15

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Stephanie→

director · ~69y · appointed 2017-02-21 · resigned 2017-09-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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officers · TM01

2026-03-19

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-06

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accounts · AA

2025-09-26

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-08-27

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

officers · TM01

2025-08-20

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-05-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-05-29

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

officers · TM01

2025-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-27

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

officers · TM01

2023-02-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-02-06

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-02-06