TARLAIR MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC524292 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-15
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£60.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £60,359

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£62k
Net Worth
£60k
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£25k£37k£49k£62kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£60.4k—
Cash£61.6k—
Net assets£60.4k—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-11-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-12-19
    ➕
    SELLAR, Colin Mackie appointed
    director
  7. 2023-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As TARLAIR MANAGEMENT LTD
  16. 2016-01-15
    ➕
    SELLAR, Euan Wallace appointed
    director
  17. 2016-01-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Euan Wallace Sellar
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-01-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

1 Loirsbank Road
Cults
Aberdeen
AB15 9NE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SELLAR, Colin Mackie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-12-19
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Active
SELLAR, Euan Wallace→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-01-15
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-05