IMV TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC085981 · ltd · incorporated 1983-12-15
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 27.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£16.44M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32500
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.1y

60/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
20 officers (4 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
167 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,227,311

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Turnover£16.44M
Gross profit£7.41M
Operating profit£1.28M
Profit before tax£2.23M
Average employees66

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-08-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-04-01
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    KOHLHAAS, Oliver appointed
    director
  5. 2025-04-01
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    DE LAMBILLY, Alain resigned
    director
  6. 2025-03-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-03-01
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    PICKEN, Alan John appointed
    director
  8. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-01-31
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    PICKEN, Alan John resigned
    director
  11. 2024-09-04
    ➖
    HILL, Caralynne resigned
    director
  12. 2024-09-04
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    MCCLOY, Lee Ronald Robert resigned
    director
  13. 2024-09-04
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    MITCHELL, Gavin resigned
    director
  14. 2024-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2024-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2024-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2024-09-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2024-09-03
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  19. 2024-04-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  20. 2024-04-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2024-03-25
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  22. 2024-03-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  23. 2024-03-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  24. 2024-03-20
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    DE LAMBILLY, Alain appointed
    director
  25. 2023-12-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  26. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2023-11-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  28. 2023-07-11
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    HILL, Caralynne appointed
    director
  29. 2023-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  30. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  31. 2017-12-19
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    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2017-12-19
    ➖
    PICKEN, Alan John resigned
    secretary
  33. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    MCCLOY, Lee Ronald Robert appointed
    director
  34. 2017-08-23
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  35. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    PICKEN, Alan John appointed
    secretary
  36. 2014-06-06
    ➖
    STEWART, Eleanor Mary resigned
    secretary
  37. 2013-12-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  38. 2013-11-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  39. 2008-05-30
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    WHITELAW, William appointed
    director
  40. 2007-05-25
    ➖
    WHITE, Ian resigned
    director
  41. 2002-03-20
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Gavin appointed
    director
  42. 1999-11-01
    ➕
    WHITE, Ian appointed
    director
  43. 1999-03-31
    ➖
    MACKAY, Alexander Douglas resigned
    secretary
  44. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    STEWART, Eleanor Mary appointed
    secretary
  45. 1999-03-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  46. 1999-03-26
    ➖
    BOWIE, Judith resigned
    secretary
  47. 1999-03-26
    ➕
    MACKAY, Alexander Douglas appointed
    secretary
  48. 1999-03-26
    ➖
    BOWIE, George resigned
    director
  49. 1999-03-26
    ➖
    BOWIE, Judith resigned
    director
  50. 1999-03-26
    ➖
    FRASER, Brian Wadsworth resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

Owner dependency

68/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-09-03: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Imv Technologies Uk Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Imv Technologies Uk Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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IMV TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
This company · SC085981

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Imv Technologies Uk Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32500 — SIC 32500

Registered office

Imaging House Phoenix Crescent
Strathclyde Business Park
Bellshill
Lanarkshire
ML4 3NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (4 active · 16 resigned)

MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KOHLHAAS, Oliver→
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
PICKEN, Alan John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-03-01
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Active
WHITELAW, William→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-05-30
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Active
BOWIE, Judith→
secretary · appointed 1991-04-01 · resigned 1999-03-26
Resigned
FRASER, Susan Cochrane→
secretary · resigned 1991-04-01
Resigned
MACKAY, Alexander Douglas→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-26 · resigned 1999-03-31
Resigned
PICKEN, Alan John→
secretary · appointed 2014-06-06 · resigned 2017-12-19
Resigned
STEWART, Eleanor Mary→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 2014-06-06
Resigned
BOWIE, George→
director · ~81y · resigned 1999-03-26
Resigned
BOWIE, Judith→
director · ~77y · appointed 1993-08-20 · resigned 1999-03-26
Resigned
COLE, Allan Elliot→
director · ~89y · resigned 1992-06-10
Resigned
DE LAMBILLY, Alain→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-03-20 · resigned 2025-04-01
Resigned
FRASER, Brian Wadsworth→
director · ~99y · resigned 1999-03-26
Resigned
HILL, Caralynne→
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-07-11 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
MCCLOY, Lee Ronald Robert→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
MITCHELL, Gavin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-03-20 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
PICKEN, Alan John→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2025-01-31
Resigned
TAYLOR, David→
director · ~78y · resigned 1992-06-10
Resigned
WHITE, Ian→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-11-01 · resigned 2007-05-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property18/11/2013—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property29/03/199903/12/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property26/03/199923/08/2017
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Recent filings (167 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-09-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-03