ISLANDER GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC800012 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-21
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 May 2025
Net worth
£710.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47721Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 £710,062

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
Net Worth
£710k
Current Assets
£1.4m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£712.3k
Current assets£1.37M
Cash£9.1k
Debtors£374.6k
Net assets£710.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-05-09
    📄
    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  4. 2025-05-08
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2025-05-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-04-02
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2025-03-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-02-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ISLANDER GROUP LTD
  9. 2024-02-21
    YANG, Jing appointed
    director
  10. 2024-02-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46370 — Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Registered office

11a Bankhead Crossway North
Edinburgh
EH11 4DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

YANG, Jing
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-02-21
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-09
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-05-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-05-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-08
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-21