CHEETAH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC187332 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-02

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2021-12-24
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2021-01-19
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2019-12-23
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2018-12-21
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2017-12-21
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2010-08-31
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SMITH, Alisdair Scott resigned
director
2010-07-12
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SMITH, Isabel resigned
director
2009-09-14
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SMITH, Douglas Alexander resigned
director
2002-12-06
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SMITH, Iain Stuart appointed
secretary
2002-12-06
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SMITH, Iain Stuart appointed
director
2002-12-06
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SMITH, Iain Stuart appointed
secretary
2002-12-06
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SMITH, Iain Stuart resigned
secretary
2002-12-06
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SMITH, Ian resigned
secretary
2002-12-06
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SMITH, Alisdair Scott appointed
director
2002-12-06
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SMITH, Douglas Alexander appointed
director
1998-08-03
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SMITH, Ian appointed
director
1998-08-03
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SMITH, Ian appointed
secretary
1998-08-03
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ROBERTSON PAUL resigned
corporate-secretary
1998-08-03
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FORBES, Alexander Douglas resigned
director
1998-08-03
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KENNEDY, Euan Thomas Cameron resigned
director
1998-08-03
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SMITH, Isabel appointed
director
1998-07-02
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Company incorporated
As CHEETAH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
1998-07-02
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ROBERTSON PAUL appointed
corporate-secretary
1998-07-02
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FORBES, Alexander Douglas appointed
director
1998-07-02
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KENNEDY, Euan Thomas Cameron appointed
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — 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 89 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Smith Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 01/1937 · age 89	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/07/2016
Mr Iain Stuart Smith Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/07/2016

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

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C L C PRESENTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED→ SC215799 · est 2001	—	—	£16.0k	—	25y	82	75y
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M G INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC245064 · est 2003	—	—	—	800	23y	82	59y
STEWART MCDONALD (PLANT) LIMITED→ SC061597 · est 1977	—	—	£1.9k	—	49y	82	79y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-07-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

Birchbrook House

Doune Road

Dunblane

Perthshire

FK15 9ND

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-16

Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

SMITH, Iain Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2002-12-06

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Active

SMITH, Iain Stuart→

director · ~51y · appointed 2002-12-06

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Active

SMITH, Ian→

director · ~89y · appointed 1998-08-03

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Active

SMITH, Iain Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2002-12-06 · resigned 2002-12-06

Resigned

SMITH, Ian→

secretary · appointed 1998-08-03 · resigned 2002-12-06

Resigned

ROBERTSON PAUL→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-07-02 · resigned 1998-08-03

Resigned

FORBES, Alexander Douglas→

director · ~89y · appointed 1998-07-02 · resigned 1998-08-03

Resigned

KENNEDY, Euan Thomas Cameron→

director · ~80y · appointed 1998-07-02 · resigned 1998-08-03

Resigned

SMITH, Alisdair Scott→

director · ~56y · appointed 2002-12-06 · resigned 2010-08-31

Resigned

SMITH, Douglas Alexander→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-12-06 · resigned 2009-09-14

Resigned

SMITH, Isabel→

director · ~84y · appointed 1998-08-03 · resigned 2010-07-12

Resigned

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