STARLEY HALL HOLDINGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC702399 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-23
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 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.85M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.4y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 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
25 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
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 £1,853,717
Very low cash
Cash position: £26
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,197 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£26
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£371k£742k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£1.85M£1.86M
Current assets£26£26
Cash£26£26
Net assets£1.85M£1.86M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-08-12
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    BARTON, David Thomas resigned
    director
  4. 2025-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  6. 2024-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-01-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2022-01-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-01-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-01-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-12-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2021-12-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-12-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2021-12-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2021-12-20
    ➕
    BUTTERS, Sarah appointed
    director
  21. 2021-12-20
    ➕
    THOMSON, Valerie appointed
    director
  22. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    BARTON, James Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    BARTON, Judith Anne resigned
    director
  24. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    BARTON, Philip resigned
    director
  25. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    BARTON, Samuel Michael resigned
    director
  26. 2021-12-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Samuel Michael Barton as Security Trustee
  27. 2021-09-08
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  28. 2021-09-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  29. 2021-06-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STARLEY HALL HOLDINGS LTD
  30. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    BARTON, David Thomas appointed
    director
  31. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    BARTON, James Andrew appointed
    director
  32. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    BARTON, Judith Anne appointed
    director
  33. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    BARTON, Philip appointed
    director
  34. 2021-06-23
    ➕
    BARTON, Samuel Michael appointed
    director
  35. 2021-06-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

Shsl Eot Trustees Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Shsl Eot Trustees Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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STARLEY HALL HOLDINGS LTD
This company · SC702399

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
Shsl Eot Trustees Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/12/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Philip Bartonceased 20/12/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Starley Hall School
Aberdour Road
Burntisland
KY3 0AG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BUTTERS, Sarah→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Valerie→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTON, David Thomas→
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-06-23 · resigned 2025-08-12
Resigned
BARTON, James Andrew→
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-06-23 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
BARTON, Judith Anne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-06-23 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
BARTON, Philip→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-06-23 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
BARTON, Samuel Michael→
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-06-23 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Samuel Michael Barton as Security Trustee
A registered charge1 property20/12/2021—
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-05