IDELTA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC219000 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-09
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 opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
- · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → high-friction
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.
- ↓Deal-killer verdict: complicated → high-friction
Last 90 days
Picture worsened over the last 90 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.
- ↓Deal-killer verdict: complicated → high-friction
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£518.3k
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
90 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.
See pricing →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 · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £257,419
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £518.3k | — |
| Gross profit | £248.9k | — |
| Operating profit | £259.5k | — |
| Profit before tax | £257.4k | — |
| Total assets | — | £684.8k |
| Current assets | — | £770.9k |
| Cash | — | £694.0k |
| Debtors | — | £77.0k |
| Net assets | — | £607.0k |
| Average employees | 500 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-06-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-06-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-10📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-04-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-04➕MORETON, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➕MOTTARD, Jacques Francis appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➕SLAMENKAITE, Olga appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➖CAMPBELL, James Fraser resignedsecretary
- 2025-04-04➖CAMPBELL, James Fraser resigneddirector
- 2025-04-04➖ROBERTSON, Stuart Gordon resigneddirector
- 2025-04-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-04-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-01➕CAMPBELL, James Fraser appointedsecretary
- 2020-05-01➖KELLY, Steven Thomas resignedsecretary
- 2020-05-01➖KELLY, Steven Thomas resigneddirector
- 2001-05-09🏢Company incorporatedAs IDELTA LIMITED
- 2001-05-09➕KELLY, Steven Thomas appointedsecretary
- 2001-05-09➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-05-09➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-05-09➕CAMPBELL, James Fraser appointeddirector
- 2001-05-09➕KELLY, Steven Thomas appointeddirector
- 2001-05-09➕ROBERTSON, Stuart Gordon appointeddirector
- 2001-05-09➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-05-09➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Sword Charteris Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Sword Charteris Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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IDELTA LIMITED
This company · SC219000
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sword Charteris Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/04/2025 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Stuart Gordon Robertsonceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% voting
- Mrs Laura Campbellceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Alison Theresa Robertsonceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr James Fraser Campbellceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% voting
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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| TRIHEDRAL UK LIMITED→ SC187794 · est 1998 | £322.5k £230.3k–£414.6k | — | — | 5 | 28y | 86 | 67y |
| TRAVELINE SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC210532 · est 2000 | £179.3k £128.1k–£230.5k | — | — | 3 | 25y | 95 | 63y |
| B4FILMS LTD.→ SC351956 · est 2008 | — | — | — | 4 | 17y | 83 | 72y |
| CONCEPT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED→ SC096457 · est 1985 | — | — | £1.9k | — | 40y | 83 | 63y |
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| PISYS LIMITED→ SC109490 · est 1988 | — | — | — | 15 | 38y | 83 | 64y |
| PROSOURCE.IT (UK) LTD.→ SC242550 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | 83 | 68y |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
Suite 3, Third Floor, H1
Hill Of Rubislaw
Aberdeen
AB15 6BY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09
Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)
MORETON, Kevin→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2025-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOTTARD, Jacques Francis→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2025-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SLAMENKAITE, Olga→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2025-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CAMPBELL, James Fraser→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2020-05-01 · resigned 2025-04-04
KELLY, Steven Thomas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2020-05-01
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2001-05-09
CAMPBELL, James Fraser→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2025-04-04
KELLY, Steven Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2020-05-01
ROBERTSON, Stuart Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2025-04-04
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2001-05-09
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Recent filings (90 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-06-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10