SENSORIUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC177831 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-08
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 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£233.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43210Electrical installation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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 · oldest 20.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.7 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
77 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 £233,886
Cash YoY
+77%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£171k
↑ 77% YoY
Net Worth
£234k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£333k
↑ 10.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£67k£133k£200k£267k£333kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£260.3k£224.2k
Current assets£333.3k£303.0k
Cash£171.1k£96.8k
Debtors£70.2k£97.1k
Net assets£233.9k£211.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
    ➖
    WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  2. 2026-02-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-18
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-08-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-03-04
    ➖
    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-03-01
    ➕
    WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-09-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2005-08-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2005-06-23
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Alasdair Lamont appointed
    director
  22. 2005-06-23
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-06-23
    ➖
    GUILD & GUILD WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1997-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SENSORIUM LIMITED
  25. 1997-08-08
    ➕
    KONG, Andrew Steven appointed
    director
  26. 1997-08-08
    ➕
    GUILD & GUILD WS appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Alasdair Lamont Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Steven Kong
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-08-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

9 Nethertownbroad Street
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

KONG, Andrew Steven→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Alasdair Lamont→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGREAVES, Charles Robert→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-23 · resigned 2009-03-04
Resigned
GUILD & GUILD WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-08-08 · resigned 2005-06-23
Resigned
WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-01 · resigned 2026-02-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property26/09/2005—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/08/2005—
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Recent filings (77 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-27