STRATHAPPIN LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC711975 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£189.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 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
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £189,434

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£189k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£74k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£38k£76k£114k£152k£189kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£189.4k£144.4k
Current assets£73.7k£144.9k
Net assets£189.4k£144.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2023-10-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-10-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STRATHAPPIN LTD
  7. 2021-10-12
    SHEARER, Shirley, Mrs. appointed
    director
  8. 2021-10-12
    WEIR, Ewan appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-12
    WEIR, Samantha Heidi, Ms. appointed
    director
  10. 2021-10-12
    📄
    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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 73 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs. Shirley Shearer
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/10/2021

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

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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
Incorporated2021-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street
Tain
Inverness-Shire
IV19 1BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SHEARER, Shirley, Mrs.
director · ~73y · appointed 2021-10-12
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Active
WEIR, Ewan
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-10-12
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Active
WEIR, Samantha Heidi, Ms.
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-10-12
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-12