SALMAC HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC325390 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£1.09M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,094,086
Net assets shrinking
Down £161,458 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£251k£502k£753k£1.0m£1.3mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Net assets£1.09M£1.26M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-09
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    WALKER, Andrew resigned
    director
  7. 2021-12-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-07-02
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    capital · SH06
  14. 2018-07-02
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2018-03-05
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-14
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    capital · SH03
  17. 2018-01-26
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  18. 2008-06-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  19. 2008-02-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    ARCHIBALD, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  21. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    WALKER, Andrew James appointed
    director
  22. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    WALKER, Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2007-12-14
    ➖
    PETERKINS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2007-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As SALMAC HOLDINGS LIMITED
  25. 2007-06-13
    ➕
    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-06-13
    ➕
    PETERKINS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew James Walker
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Archibald
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

100 Union Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1QR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PETERKINS, SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-13
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Active
ARCHIBALD, Jacqueline→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-12-14
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Active
WALKER, Andrew James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-12-14
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Active
WALKER, Andrew→
director · ~90y · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2021-12-09
Resigned
PETERKINS SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-13 · resigned 2007-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property26/06/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property29/02/2008—
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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-27