SCIAMED LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC151205 · ltd · incorporated 1994-06-02
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 30.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£274.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
84 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 £274,676

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£275k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£507k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£101k£203k£304k£405k£507kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£288.4k£243.0k
Current assets£506.8k£501.5k
Cash—£123.7k
Debtors—£283.6k
Net assets£274.7k£226.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2025-12-05
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    HENRY, Anne resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-12-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2002-12-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2002-03-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 1996-01-01
    ➕
    HENRY, Stephen Ian appointed
    director
  20. 1995-07-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 1994-06-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCIAMED LIMITED
  22. 1994-06-02
    ➕
    HENRY, Ian George appointed
    director
  23. 1994-06-02
    ➕
    HENRY, Anne appointed
    secretary
  24. 1994-06-02
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1994-06-02
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1994-06-02
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1994-06-02
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Ian Henry
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/06/2016

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
Incorporated1994-06-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

48 48 Main Street
Alford
AB33 8PX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HENRY, Ian George→
director · ~78y · appointed 1994-06-02
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Active
HENRY, Stephen Ian→
director · ~58y · appointed 1996-01-01
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Active
HENRY, Anne→
secretary · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 2025-12-05
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 1994-06-02
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 1994-06-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property20/03/2002—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property25/07/199524/12/2002
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09