SONSIE FACE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC551735 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-02
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£140.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £140,878
Cash YoY
-11%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£146k
↓ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£141k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£289k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £178.0k | £123.4k |
| Current assets | £289.3k | £295.5k |
| Cash | £146.0k | £163.1k |
| Debtors | £72.1k | £63.3k |
| Net assets | £140.9k | £90.7k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-05-06📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-05-06📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-05-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-05📄second-filing-of-director-termination-with-nameofficers · RP04TM01
- 2021-02-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-02-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-03-31➖GRAHAM, Susan resigneddirector
- 2020-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-02-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-10-26➕MURRAY, Joanna appointeddirector
- 2018-10-26➕RODIER, Derick appointeddirector
- 2016-12-02🏢Company incorporatedAs SONSIE FACE LIMITED
- 2016-12-02➕GRAHAM, Susan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Joanna Murray Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/01/2019 |
Mr Derick Rodier Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/01/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Susan Grahamceased 01/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Registered office
Unit 36 Imex Centre Bilston Glen Industrial Estate
Dryden Road
Loanhead
EH20 9LZ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MURRAY, Joanna→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RODIER, Derick→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2018-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAHAM, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2016-12-02 · resigned 2020-03-31
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-05-06
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-05-06
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
second-filing-of-director-termination-with-name
officers · RP04TM01
2021-03-05