DANNY'S SNACKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC338593 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-28
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-04-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  6. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-12-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2020-12-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2015-01-19
    ➕
    STIRLING, Bryan appointed
    director
  20. 2015-01-19
    ➕
    WILSON, Joanna appointed
    director
  21. 2010-02-23
    ➕
    STIRLING, Daniel James appointed
    director
  22. 2010-02-23
    ➖
    STIRLING, Mary Theresa resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-09-11
    ➖
    STIRLING, Daniel resigned
    director
  24. 2008-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DANNY'S SNACKS LIMITED
  25. 2008-02-28
    ➕
    STIRLING, Mary Theresa appointed
    director
  26. 2008-02-28
    ➕
    STIRLING, Mary Theresa appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-02-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-02-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2008-02-28
    ➕
    STIRLING, Daniel appointed
    director
  30. 2008-02-28
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  31. 2008-02-28
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel James Stirling
Individual · British · DOB 10/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/03/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Mary Theresa Stirlingceased 31/03/2020· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2008-02-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

27 Maryville View
Calderbraes
Uddingston
G71 6NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

STIRLING, Bryan→
director · ~32y · appointed 2015-01-19
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Active
STIRLING, Daniel James→
director · ~35y · appointed 2010-02-23
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Active
STIRLING, Mary Theresa→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-02-28
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Active
WILSON, Joanna→
director · ~30y · appointed 2015-01-19
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Active
STIRLING, Mary Theresa→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-28 · resigned 2010-02-23
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-28 · resigned 2008-02-28
Resigned
STIRLING, Daniel→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-02-28 · resigned 2009-09-11
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-28 · resigned 2008-02-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—30/04/2025—
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Recent filings (59 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-16