SOIRBHEAS TRADING LTD

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SC366939 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-2.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 13.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,179
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£46k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£2k£8k£17k£27k£37k£47kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£45.4k£46.3k
Current assets—£47.0k
Cash£46.2k£47.0k
Net assets£-2.2k£-1.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

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Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2024-12-02
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  3. 2023-08-02
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  4. 2022-08-02
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  5. 2021-07-01
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  6. 2020-11-11
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  7. 2019-07-08
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  8. 2018-07-10
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  9. 2017-09-06
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  10. 2016-11-15
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  11. 2016-08-10
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  12. 2015-11-02
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  13. 2015-07-22
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  14. 2015-03-13
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  15. 2015-02-26
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    BARR, James Napier appointed
    director
  16. 2014-10-23
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  17. 2014-02-11
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    FRASER, Nigel James resigned
    director
  18. 2014-01-10
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    CAMPBELL, Ian Neil resigned
    director
  19. 2013-08-08
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    CAMPBELL, Ian Neil appointed
    director
  20. 2013-03-14
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    ROSS, Norman resigned
    director
  21. 2012-10-18
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    A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2012-09-28
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    FRASER, Nigel James appointed
    director
  23. 2012-05-31
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    MACDONALD, Anne Catherine resigned
    director
  24. 2012-05-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Social Investment Scotland
  25. 2012-05-11
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    ROSS, Norman appointed
    director
  26. 2012-03-30
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    FRASER, Nigel James appointed
    director
  27. 2012-03-30
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    FRASER, Nigel James resigned
    director
  28. 2011-10-07
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    CASTELL, Andrew Sean appointed
    director
  29. 2010-10-08
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    MESSRS MACLEOD MACCALLUM resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2010-09-08
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    A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2009-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As SOIRBHEAS TRADING LTD
  32. 2009-10-16
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    TRELFER, Erik appointed
    director
  33. 2009-10-16
    ➕
    MESSRS MACLEOD MACCALLUM appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2009-10-16
    ➕
    HOGG, Raymond Stewart appointed
    director
  35. 2009-10-16
    ➖
    HOGG, Raymond Stewart resigned
    director
  36. 2009-10-16
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Anne Catherine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

4th Floor Metropolitan House
31-33 High Street
Inverness
IV1 1HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

BARR, James Napier→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASTELL, Andrew Sean→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-10-07
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Active
TRELFER, Erik→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-09-08 · resigned 2012-10-18
Resigned
MESSRS MACLEOD MACCALLUM→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-10-16 · resigned 2010-10-08
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Ian Neil→
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-08-08 · resigned 2014-01-10
Resigned
FRASER, Nigel James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-09-28 · resigned 2014-02-11
Resigned
FRASER, Nigel James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-03-30 · resigned 2012-03-30
Resigned
HOGG, Raymond Stewart→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-10-16 · resigned 2009-10-16
Resigned
MACDONALD, Anne Catherine→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-10-16 · resigned 2012-05-31
Resigned
ROSS, Norman→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-05-11 · resigned 2013-03-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Social Investment Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property15/05/2012—
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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-08-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-30