EWE & ME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC237436 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£58.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,178
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,837 YoY
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£98k
↑ 3.5% YoY
Net Worth
£58k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£126k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£26k£52k£78k£104k£130kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£58.2k£68.1k
Current assets£126.4k£129.8k
Cash£98.0k£94.7k
Debtors£19£73
Net assets£58.2k£68.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-05-22
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  3. 2023-07-02
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  4. 2022-08-16
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  5. 2021-09-23
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  6. 2020-08-10
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  7. 2020-03-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2019-10-18
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  9. 2018-07-27
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  10. 2017-06-01
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  11. 2016-06-14
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  12. 2016-02-23
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  13. 2016-02-23
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2015-09-30
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  15. 2015-05-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-05-01
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    BAINES, Sara appointed
    director
  17. 2002-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As EWE & ME LIMITED
  18. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    BAINES, Sara Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    HARTREE, Janet May appointed
    director
  20. 2002-09-27
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-09-27
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-09-27
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-09-27
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Janet Hartree
Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

82/86 High Street
Grantown On Spey
Morayshire
PH26 3EL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BAINES, Sara Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-27
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Active
BAINES, Sara→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-05-01
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Active
HARTREE, Janet May→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-09-27
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2002-09-27
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2002-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
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2025-06-03
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2024-10-07
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2024-05-22
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2023-10-03
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2023-07-02
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2022-09-28
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2022-08-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-18