SOUNDCLAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC192921 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-51.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £51,557

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£52k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 19680% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£52k-£41k-£30k-£19k-£9k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-51.6k£-46.1k
Current assets£2.0k£10
Net assets£-51.6k£-46.1k

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.

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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  2. 2025-10-14
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-12-30
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  7. 2021-01-18
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  8. 2019-12-23
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  9. 2018-12-28
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  10. 2017-12-14
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  11. 2016-12-14
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  12. 2016-02-22
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  13. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-02-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-01-01
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    BONNER, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-12-31
    ➖
    BONNER, Dorothy resigned
    secretary
  18. 2002-02-01
    ➕
    BONNER, Gillian appointed
    director
  19. 1999-02-03
    ➕
    BONNER, Douglas appointed
    director
  20. 1999-02-03
    ➕
    BONNER, Dorothy appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-02-03
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-02-03
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As SOUNDCLAN LIMITED
  24. 1999-01-27
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-01-27
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63. 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gillian Bonner
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017

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
Incorporated1999-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Fairview 35 Dunnichen Road
Kingsmuir
Forfar
Angus
DD8 2RQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BONNER, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BONNER, Douglas→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-02-03
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Active
BONNER, Gillian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BONNER, Dorothy→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-03 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-02-03
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-02-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23