SKYE WEAVERS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC521189 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-25

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 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£169.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Weaving of textiles

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 9.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £169,291

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£169k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£198k

↑ 2.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£235.1k	£207.6k
Current assets	£197.7k	£192.7k
Net assets	£169.3k	£135.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal 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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-08-25
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2024-07-22
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2023-07-20
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accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
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accounts · AA01
2019-09-30
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accounts · AA
2019-03-25
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address · AD01
2018-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-14
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accounts · AAMD
2017-12-12
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2017-12-12
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2017-08-25
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accounts · AA
2016-09-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
2015-11-25
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Company incorporated
As SKYE WEAVERS LTD
2015-11-25
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HOLDEN, Andrea appointed
director
2015-11-25
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HOLDEN, Roger William appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Roger William Holden Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Andrea Holden Individual · German · DOB 01/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-11-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC13200 — Weaving of textiles

Registered office

18 Fasach

Glendale

Isle Of Skye

IV55 8WP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-09

Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOLDEN, Andrea→

director · ~47y · appointed 2015-11-25

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HOLDEN, Roger William→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-11-25

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Triodos Bank N.V.	A registered charge	—	08/09/2016	—

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