CAINTECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC119260 · ltd · incorporated 1989-07-31
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 7.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£626.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 7.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £626,791
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£152k
↓ 6.9% YoY
Net Worth
£627k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£703k
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£146k£293k£439k£585k£732kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£1.33M£1.01M
Current assets£703.4k£731.6k
Cash£151.7k£163.0k
Debtors£551.7k£568.6k
Net assets£626.8k£579.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-02
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2024-08-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-08-30
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-03-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  14. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-05-09
    ➕
    MAIN, James William appointed
    director
  18. 1999-07-30
    ➕
    MAIN, James William appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-04-27
    ➖
    MAIN, Moira Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-04-27
    ➖
    MAIN, Moira Elizabeth resigned
    director
  21. 1989-07-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAINTECH LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Main
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting05/05/2016
Mr James William Main
Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/05/2016

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
Incorporated1989-07-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Foinaven
Tore
Muir Of Ord
Ross-Shire
IV6 7SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MAIN, James William→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-30
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Active
MAIN, James William→
director · ~44y · appointed 2005-05-09
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Active
MAIN, James→
director · ~73y
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Active
MAIN, Moira Elizabeth→
secretary · resigned 1999-04-27
Resigned
MAIN, Moira Elizabeth→
director · ~68y · resigned 1999-04-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge—27/03/2019—
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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-09-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12