STRANGFORD CARE LTD

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SC853563 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46460
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (0 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
    ANWAR, Aqsa resigned
    director
  2. 2025-09-17
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-17
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-09-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STRANGFORD CARE LTD
  6. 2025-06-25
    ANWAR, Aqsa appointed
    director
  7. 2025-06-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-06-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

Flat 12 Morgan Lane
Edinburgh
EH8 8FP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last:

Officers (0 active · 1 resigned)

ANWAR, Aqsa
director · ~32y · appointed 2025-06-25 · resigned 2025-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-25