ST. ANDREWS TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 10.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 10.0y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £97.9k | — |
| Average employees | 100 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-20➕JOHNSTON, Kevin James appointedsecretary
- 2025-11-20📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-03-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-03-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-02➖BARR, Andrew Clark resignedsecretary
- 2023-03-02➖BARR, Andrew Clark resigneddirector
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-07-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-07-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-05-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ST. ANDREWS TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- 2015-11-18➕ROBINSON, Ronald Cockburn appointeddirector
- 2015-11-18➕BARR, Andrew Clark appointedsecretary
- 2015-11-18➕BARR, Andrew Clark appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
St. Andrews Timber & Building Supplies Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Andrews Timber & Building Supplies Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 02/03/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Andrew Clark Barrceased 02/03/2023· 25-50% shares
- Mr Ronald Cockburn Robinsonceased 02/03/2023· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 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.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/07/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/07/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/05/2016 | — |