SLOAN WELLS HOLDINGS LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC640473 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-02
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£61.1k
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 4.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Profitable
Profit before tax £237,742
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 693% YoY
Turnover YoY
+693%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Turnover£61.1k£7.7k
Gross profit£61.1k£7.7k
Profit before tax£237.7k£230.7k
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-06-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-04-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-25
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-11-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  12. 2021-11-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2021-11-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  14. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As SLOAN WELLS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  16. 2019-09-02
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    SLOAN, Paul Gerrard appointed
    director
  17. 2019-09-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SLOAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Gerrard Sloan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control02/09/2019

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
Incorporated2019-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

1 Railway Pier
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4LW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SLOAN, Paul Gerrard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-09-02
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge1 property23/11/2021—
outstanding
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge—11/11/2021—
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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-22