SUMAC TRADING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC555645 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
26 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2023-01-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2017-04-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-04-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2017-02-01
    KANE, Paul Christopher appointed
    director
  18. 2017-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As SUMAC TRADING LIMITED
  20. 2017-01-25
    MACDONALD, Dawn appointed
    director
  21. 2017-01-25
    MACDONALD, Jonathan Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
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.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Scoop Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
SUMAC TRADING LIMITED
This company · SC555645

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scoop Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares01/01/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jonathan Christopher Macdonaldceased 01/01/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2017-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

26 Vinicombe Street
C/O Ka Pao - Botanic Gardens Garage
Glasgow
G12 8BE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

KANE, Paul Christopher
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-02-01
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Active
MACDONALD, Dawn
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-01-25
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Active
MACDONALD, Jonathan Christopher
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-01-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property07/04/2017
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-02