UNICK HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC183131 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-19
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£10.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,001

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£10k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Net assets£10.0k£10.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-10-24
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2021-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  7. 2021-02-17
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  8. 2021-02-10
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    address · AD01
  9. 2020-07-16
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  10. 2019-05-14
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  11. 2019-03-08
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  12. 2019-03-08
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  13. 2019-03-08
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-03-08
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  15. 2019-03-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-01-31
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    BAILLIE, Allan appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    CATTANACH, Iain Mclelland appointed
    director
  18. 2019-01-31
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    UNICK, James Smith resigned
    director
  19. 2018-10-17
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    officers · TM02
  20. 2018-10-04
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    UNICK, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-05-21
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    UNICK, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-05-21
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    MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS) resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1998-03-18
    ➕
    UNICK, James Smith appointed
    director
  24. 1998-03-18
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    MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 1998-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As UNICK HOLDINGS LIMITED
  26. 1998-02-19
    ➕
    MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS) appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1998-02-19
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    MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Unick Acquisition Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Unick Acquisition Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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UNICK HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · SC183131

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Unick Acquisition Company Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/01/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • James Smith Unickceased 31/01/2019· 75-100% shares

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-02-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Mccafferty House
3/2 99 Firhill Road
Glasgow
G20 7BE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BAILLIE, Allan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATTANACH, Iain Mclelland→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UNICK, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-21 · resigned 2018-10-04
Resigned
MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS)→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-02-19 · resigned 1999-05-21
Resigned
UNICK, James Smith→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-03-18 · resigned 2019-01-31
Resigned
MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1998-02-19 · resigned 1998-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
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accounts · AA
2025-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-16