FOR-SIGHT SOFTWARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC114093 · ltd · incorporated 1988-10-19

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£1.14M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

148 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,139,610

Net assets shrinking

Down £196,745 YoY

Cash YoY

+2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£511k

↑ 1.7% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↓ 15% YoY

Current Assets

£907k

↑ 6.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.14M	£1.34M
Current assets	£906.8k	£852.5k
Cash	£510.8k	£502.2k
Debtors	£396.0k	£350.3k
Net assets	£1.14M	£1.34M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2024-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
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capital · SH05
2022-01-24
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capital · SH03
2022-01-21
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capital · SH06
2022-01-19
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capital · SH08
2022-01-05
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BOLTON, Sharon Grace appointed
director
2022-01-05
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FRASER WALKER NELSON, Joanne appointed
director
2022-01-05
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NELSON, Brian Richard appointed
director
2022-01-05
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officers · AP01
2022-01-05
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officers · AP01
2022-01-05
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officers · AP01
2021-08-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-25
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accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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address · AD01
2021-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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capital · SH03
2020-04-29
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officers · TM01
2020-03-20
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GRANT, Graeme Michael resigned
director
2020-02-20
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2017-09-15
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RANKIN, Colin resigned
director
2014-07-31
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NELSON, Brian R resigned
director
2013-04-11
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DRYSDALE, Gordon resigned
director
2010-01-01
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NELSON, Allan Richard appointed
director
2010-01-01
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GRANT, Graeme Michael appointed
director
2010-01-01
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NELSON, Brian R appointed
director
2010-01-01
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RANKIN, Colin appointed
director
2006-04-10
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DRYSDALE, Gordon appointed
director
2006-04-10
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WALKER, Andrew Wiseman Shearsby resigned
director
1996-02-15
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HAMILTON, Douglas James resigned
director
1995-09-29
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HAMILTON, Douglas James appointed
director
1993-12-21
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LLOYD, Peter John resigned
director
1991-09-14
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ANDERSON, Bruce Wilson resigned
nominee-director
1991-09-14
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SHARP, Robert Alan resigned
director
1991-03-13
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-03-13
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LLOYD, Peter John appointed
director
1991-03-13
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WALKER, Andrew Wiseman Shearsby appointed
director
1991-03-13
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WILLIAMS, Juliet Susan Durrant resigned
director
1991-01-31
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BOLTON, Richard James appointed
secretary
1991-01-31
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BOLTON, Richard James appointed
director
1991-01-31
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HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1990-04-30
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IRELAND, Susan Priscilla resigned
director
1990-04-30
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart resigned
director
1990-04-30
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WILLIAMS, Juliet Susan Durrant appointed
director
1988-10-19
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Company incorporated
As FOR-SIGHT SOFTWARE LIMITED
1988-10-19
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1988-10-19
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ANDERSON, Bruce Wilson appointed
nominee-director
1988-10-19
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SHARP, Robert Alan appointed
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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sharon Grace Bolton Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Richard James Bolton Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1988-10-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

61 Dublin Street

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH3 6NL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-20

Last: 2025-06-06