STRABANE ENTERPRISES (UK) LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC801666 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-05
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.73M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of real estate investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
🏦
Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 1.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,725,651
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
Net Worth
£2.7m
Current Assets
£219k
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.96M |
| Current assets | £218.9k |
| Cash | £5.1k |
| Debtors | £213.8k |
| Net assets | £2.73M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-18🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Weatherbys Bank Limited
- 2025-03-18🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Weatherbys Bank Limited
- 2025-03-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Weatherbys Bank Limited
- 2025-03-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Weatherbys Bank Limited
- 2024-12-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-12-09📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-11-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-03-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-05🏢Company incorporatedAs STRABANE ENTERPRISES (UK) LIMITED
- 2024-03-05➕FFORDE, Charles John Graham appointeddirector
- 2024-03-05➕WRIGHT, Nicholas Stanley appointeddirector
- 2024-03-05📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles John Graham Fforde Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 05/03/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Financial services · G postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @SIPP LIMITED→ SC217126 · est 2001 | £37.09M £26.97M–£47.20M | £10.21M | — | 6200 | 25y | 85 | 62y |
| FORWARD ASSET FINANCE LIMITED→ SC337979 · est 2008 | £1.02M £744.7k–£1.30M | — | — | 500 | 18y | 83 | 64y |
| COMMONWEALTH GAMES (SCOTLAND) ENDOWMENT FUND→ SC301214 · est 2006 | £22.3k £16.2k–£28.3k | — | — | 0 | 20y | 83 | 66y |
| BLAIRSTON ENTERPRISES LIMITED→ SC368750 · est 2009 | — | — | £2.38M | — | 16y | 83 | 72y |
| CALCLUTH & SANGSTER (INSURANCE BROKERS) LIMITED→ SC200273 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | 83 | 59y |
| FEMALE INDEPENDENT LTD.→ SC245607 · est 2003 | — | — | £20.0k | — | 23y | 83 | 66y |
| HARRY SMITH, LIMITED→ SC008622 · est 1913 | — | — | £1.66M | — | 113y | 83 | 58y |
| KELVIN SMITH (INSURANCE BROKERS) LIMITED→ SC301532 · est 2006 | — | — | £3.48M | — | 20y | 83 | 63y |
| MORTGAGE ADVICE BROKERAGE LTD→ SC336489 · est 2008 | — | — | — | 1500 | 18y | 83 | 58y |
| NITRON INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ SC047915 · est 1970 | — | — | £431.4k | — | 55y | 83 | 80y |
| TMW (COMMERCIAL) LIMITED→ SC781785 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| WHEATLEY FUNDING NO. 2 LIMITED→ SC470001 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
10 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64306 — Activities of real estate investment trusts
Registered office
C/O Mclay, Mcalister & Mcgibbon Llp
145 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5JF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FFORDE, Charles John Graham→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2024-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WRIGHT, Nicholas Stanley→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2024-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Weatherbys Bank Weatherbys Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Weatherbys Bank Weatherbys Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Weatherbys Bank Weatherbys Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Weatherbys Bank Weatherbys Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/03/2025 | — |
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.
Recent filings (13 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-21
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-12-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-12-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-05