SUDR LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC651444 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-13
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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
2 live charges · oldest 2.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,448
Net assets shrinking
Down £174 YoY
Cash YoY
+168%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£40k
↑ 168% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£74k
↑ 71% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £46.1k | £58.6k |
| Current assets | £73.6k | £42.9k |
| Cash | £40.0k | £15.0k |
| Debtors | £4.2k | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £1.4k | £1.6k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-01-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2025-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-29📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-01-29📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-01-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-05-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-05➖STEVENSON, William Neil resigneddirector
- 2023-08-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-04-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-06➕SUTHERLAND, Sarah appointeddirector
- 2023-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-13🏢Company incorporatedAs SUDR LIMITED
- 2020-01-13➕SUTHERLAND, Gary appointeddirector
- 2020-01-13➕STEVENSON, William Neil appointeddirector
- 2020-01-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gary Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 03/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/01/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- William Neil Stevensonceased 05/04/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
21 Albert Street Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1HP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
SUTHERLAND, Gary→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2020-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SUTHERLAND, Sarah→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2023-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEVENSON, William Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-01-13 · resigned 2024-04-05
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 06/01/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/08/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (24 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-01-29
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-23