LONG TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC105350 · ltd · incorporated 1987-06-22
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 38.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£416.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 38.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 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
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £416,454
Cash YoY
+184%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£310k
↑ 184% YoY
Net Worth
£416k
↑ 94% YoY
Current Assets
£465k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£93k£186k£279k£372k£465kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£416.5k£214.1k
Current assets£465.0k£314.2k
Cash£309.7k£109.0k
Debtors£37.5k£102.4k
Net assets£416.5k£214.1k

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

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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  2. 2025-04-08
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  3. 2025-03-11
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  4. 2024-02-12
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  5. 2023-12-14
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  6. 2023-12-14
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  7. 2023-12-08
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  8. 2023-12-08
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    officers · TM02
  9. 2023-12-01
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    WRIGHT, Robert James appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-30
    ➖
    LONG, Sheila Helen resigned
    secretary
  11. 2023-02-13
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  12. 2022-02-16
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  13. 2021-04-14
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  14. 2020-03-05
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  15. 2019-03-21
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  16. 2018-02-21
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  17. 2017-07-03
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  18. 2017-05-08
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  19. 2016-06-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2009-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #3
  21. 1998-07-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1995-08-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1987-10-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 1987-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As LONG TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LONG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Robert James Wright
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/12/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Clive Longceased 30/11/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated1987-06-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Unit 13 Steven Road Industrial Estate
Steven Road
Huntly
Aberdeenshire
AB54 8SX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LONG, Robert Clive→
director · ~73y
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Active
WRIGHT, Robert James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-12-01
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Active
LONG, Sheila Helen→
secretary · resigned 2023-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/07/199813/02/2009
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/08/1995—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property26/10/198701/06/2016
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Recent filings (99 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28