PIXEL IMAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC204703 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 19.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees12001100

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2024-11-12
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-08-11
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  5. 2022-04-25
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  10. 2022-03-09
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  14. 2021-12-21
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  15. 2021-03-30
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  16. 2019-11-20
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  17. 2019-08-15
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  18. 2019-08-15
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  19. 2018-11-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  20. 2013-03-08
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    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-09-26
    ➖
    BONTHRONE, William resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-09-26
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    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-09-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2001-11-27
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    SMITH, Stephen Noel appointed
    director
  25. 2000-03-13
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    SMITH, Catriona appointed
    director
  26. 2000-03-13
    ➕
    BONTHRONE, William appointed
    secretary
  27. 2000-03-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-03-13
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2000-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As PIXEL IMAGE LIMITED
  30. 2000-03-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2000-03-08
    ➕
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mrs Catriona Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Noel Smith
Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Unit 4b Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SMITH, Catriona→
director · ~57y · appointed 2000-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Stephen Noel→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BONTHRONE, William→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-13 · resigned 2006-09-26
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-26 · resigned 2013-03-08
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-08 · resigned 2000-03-13
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-08 · resigned 2000-03-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property06/11/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property26/09/2006—
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-09