SKYVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC153156 · ltd · incorporated 1994-09-21

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£680.4k

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71200Technical testing and analysis

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 4.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

27 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Profitable

Profit before tax £234,941

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-06
Turnover	£680.4k
Gross profit	£246.9k
Profit before tax	£234.9k
Average employees	100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 (45 events)Click to expand

2025-09-26
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accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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officers · TM01
2025-04-01
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HERLIHY, Francis appointed
director
2025-03-31
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah resigned
director
2025-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
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officers · CH01
2024-09-16
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mortgage · MR01
2024-09-16
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mortgage · MR01
2024-09-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Ares Management Limited (As Security Agent)
2024-09-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (As Defined in the Instrument)
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-09-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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mortgage · MR01
2021-08-12
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mortgage · MR01
2021-08-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ares Management Limited (As Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties (as Defined in the Instrument))
2021-08-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ares Management Limited (As Security Agent)
2021-05-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-13
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address · AD01
2021-04-07
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officers · AP01
2021-04-07
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officers · AP01
2021-03-30
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EVANS, Sally appointed
secretary
2021-03-30
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TUCKWELL, George William, Dr appointed
director
2021-03-30
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MASON, Michael William resigned
secretary
2021-03-30
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah appointed
director
2001-08-10
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MASON, Michael William appointed
director
2001-08-10
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MASON, Michael William appointed
secretary
2001-08-10
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RYDER, Sheila Caroline, Dr. resigned
secretary
2001-06-06
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HENRY, Michael Evens resigned
director
2001-06-06
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HYDE, Ronald Ray resigned
director
1999-02-22
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RYDER, Sheila Caroline, Dr. appointed
secretary
1999-02-22
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STRONACHS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-10-29
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GALLACHER, Adam Charles appointed
director
1995-10-29
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RYDER, Alasdair Alan, Dr appointed
director
1995-10-29
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ALLAN, David Martin resigned
director
1995-10-29
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HENRY, Michael Evens appointed
director
1995-10-29
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HYDE, Ronald Ray appointed
director
1994-09-21
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Company incorporated
As SKYVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
1994-09-21
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STRONACHS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-09-21
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ALLAN, David Martin appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Ares Management Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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Rsk Orbital Limited

Corporate parent · board control

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SKYVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

This company · SC153156

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ares Management Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/08/2021
Rsk Orbital Limited Corporate entity	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control	21/09/2017

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

65 Sussex Street

Glasgow

G41 1DX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-06

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-03

Last: 2025-10-20