SWINLEES HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC677781 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-16
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 4.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£10.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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 4.9y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
17 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,153
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 236% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£720.2k£790.1k
Current assets£7.0k£2.1k
Cash£1.9k£2.0k
Debtors£5.1k£116
Net assets£10.2k£10.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-17
    ➕
    GREEN, Gary William appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-01-14
    ➖
    DOW, William Marshall resigned
    director
  6. 2024-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-09-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-09-14
    ➕
    DOW, Sheila Helen Mckinlay appointed
    director
  12. 2021-09-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-07-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2021-06-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2021-06-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Dow Group Limited
  16. 2020-10-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SWINLEES HOLDINGS LIMITED
  17. 2020-10-16
    ➕
    BAXTER, Sheila Paterson appointed
    director
  18. 2020-10-16
    ➕
    DOW, William Marshall appointed
    director
  19. 2020-10-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sheila Paterson Baxter
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/10/2020
Mr William Marshall Dow
Individual · British · DOB 11/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/10/2020

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
Incorporated2020-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 5 Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BAXTER, Sheila Paterson→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-10-16
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Active
DOW, Sheila Helen Mckinlay→
director · ~75y · appointed 2021-09-14
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Active
GREEN, Gary William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOW, William Marshall→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-10-16 · resigned 2025-01-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Dow Group
Dow Group Limited
A registered charge—04/06/2021—
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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-07-07