STRACHAN CRAFT BUTCHERS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC587007 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-29
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£788.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £788,434
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£660k
↑ 5.3% YoY
Net Worth
£788k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Assets
£798k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £860.2k | £726.2k |
| Current assets | £798.5k | £712.9k |
| Cash | £660.2k | £626.8k |
| Debtors | £94.8k | £56.0k |
| Net assets | £788.4k | £726.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2026-04-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-26➕STRACHAN, Nicola appointeddirector
- 2026-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-06-10📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-01-29🏢Company incorporatedAs STRACHAN CRAFT BUTCHERS LIMITED
- 2018-01-29➕STRACHAN, Steven appointeddirector
- 2018-01-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STRACHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Nicola Strachan Individual · British · DOB 04/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/04/2026 |
Mr Steven Strachan Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/01/2018 |
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
Incorporated2018-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130
Registered office
8 Douglas Street
Hamilton
Lanarkshire
ML3 0BP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
STRACHAN, Nicola→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2026-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STRACHAN, Steven→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2018-01-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 22/04/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (25 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-10