VECTRAN VINTAGE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC602160 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-10
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£6.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of musical instruments and scores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47791SIC 47791
  • 47799SIC 47799
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). 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, 3 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £6,490
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,284 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£6k
↓ 74% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 75% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£6.5k£24.8k
Current assets£6.0k£24.2k
Net assets£6.5k£24.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-03-01
    ➕
    COVENTRY, Alastair Gordon appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-07-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2018-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As VECTRAN VINTAGE LTD
  16. 2018-07-10
    ➕
    COVENTRY, Claire Julie appointed
    director
  17. 2018-07-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

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

🏛️
Vectran Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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VECTRAN VINTAGE LTD
This company · SC602160

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
Vectran Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares10/07/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Vectran Holdings Ltdceased 10/07/2019· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2018-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47591 — Retail sale of musical instruments and scores

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COVENTRY, Alastair Gordon→
director · ~73y · appointed 2023-03-01
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Active
COVENTRY, Claire Julie→
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-07-10
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20