TRIHEDRAL UK LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
SC187794 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-21
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £63,135

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£63.1k£181.4k
Average employees5500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  6. 2022-08-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-07-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-07-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-04-04
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    ANDERSON, David Edward resigned
    director
  17. 2014-02-07
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    DONALDSON, Keith William appointed
    director
  18. 2014-02-07
    ➕
    POMEROY, Steven John appointed
    director
  19. 2012-07-23
    ➖
    SPENCER, Robert Dewitt resigned
    director
  20. 2009-05-30
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    SPENCER, Robert Dewitt resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-07-23
    ➕
    BAKER, Barry Albert appointed
    director
  22. 1998-07-23
    ➕
    WADDEN, Arthur Glenn appointed
    director
  23. 1998-07-23
    ➕
    SPENCER, Robert Dewitt appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-07-23
    ➖
    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-07-23
    ➕
    ANDERSON, David Edward appointed
    director
  26. 1998-07-23
    ➖
    HOBKIRK, Colin Gordon resigned
    director
  27. 1998-07-23
    ➕
    SPENCER, Robert Dewitt appointed
    director
  28. 1998-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As TRIHEDRAL UK LIMITED
  29. 1998-07-21
    ➕
    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1998-07-21
    ➕
    HOBKIRK, Colin Gordon 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Glover Pavilion, Campus 3
Aberdeen Science Park
Balgownie
Aberdeen
AB22 8GW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BAKER, Barry Albert→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONALDSON, Keith William→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POMEROY, Steven John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WADDEN, Arthur Glenn→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPENCER, Robert Dewitt→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-23 · resigned 2009-05-30
Resigned
IAIN SMITH & COMPANY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-21 · resigned 1998-07-23
Resigned
ANDERSON, David Edward→
director · ~77y · appointed 1998-07-23 · resigned 2014-04-04
Resigned
HOBKIRK, Colin Gordon→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-07-21 · resigned 1998-07-23
Resigned
SPENCER, Robert Dewitt→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-07-23 · resigned 2012-07-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-08-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-08