SONAS RESERVES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC712724 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-20
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£444.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £444,611

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£293k
Net Worth
£445k
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities
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£0£262k£524k£785k£1.0m£1.3mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£498.4k—
Current assets£1.31M—
Cash£293.2k—
Debtors£1.02M—
Net assets£444.6k—

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-19
    ➕
    DRYSDALE, Mary Florence appointed
    director
  5. 2022-04-19
    ➖
    DRYSDALE, Mary Florence resigned
    secretary
  6. 2022-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-04-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-04-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-04-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-12-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  12. 2021-12-02
    ➕
    DRYSDALE, Mary Florence appointed
    secretary
  13. 2021-10-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SONAS RESERVES LTD
  14. 2021-10-20
    ➕
    DRYSDALE, Richard Simon Fraser appointed
    director
  15. 2021-10-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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
Mrs Mary Florence Drysdale
Individual · British · DOB 11/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/04/2022
Mr Richard Simon Fraser Drysdale
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/10/2021

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
Incorporated2021-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Rfl House
Anderson Street
Dunblane
FK15 9AJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-03
Last: 2025-04-19

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DRYSDALE, Mary Florence→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRYSDALE, Richard Simon Fraser→
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DRYSDALE, Mary Florence→
secretary · appointed 2021-12-02 · resigned 2022-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-04-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-12-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-20