TARIFFCOM LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC221516 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£1.74M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.4y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
26 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
82 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £305,486
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 36% YoY
Turnover YoY
+36%
Year on year

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Turnover£1.74M£1.27M
Gross profit£1.74M£1.27M
Operating profit£290.9k£200.5k
Profit before tax£305.5k£209.0k
Average employees21001600

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-14
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  3. 2025-04-14
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-08
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    WOOLNOUGH, Christopher appointed
    director
  5. 2025-04-08
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    EVERETT, Lee John resigned
    director
  6. 2025-02-20
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-02-14
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    IRVINE, Simeon Thomas appointed
    director
  9. 2025-02-14
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    THOMPSON, Benjamin Alwin Russell resigned
    director
  10. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-08-01
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-05-01
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    THOMPSON, Benjamin Alwin Russell appointed
    director
  13. 2023-12-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-12-15
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    KNUDSSEN, Abigail Helen Jane resigned
    director
  15. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2022-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-11-10
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  18. 2022-11-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2022-10-28
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    KNUDSSEN, Abigail Helen Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2022-10-28
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    OLDFIELD, Timothy Simon resigned
    director
  21. 2021-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-06-09
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  23. 2021-06-09
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  24. 2021-06-03
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    DOWDS, Colin Nigel resigned
    director
  25. 2021-06-03
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    OLDFIELD, Timothy Simon appointed
    director
  26. 2021-01-28
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  27. 2021-01-27
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    incorporation · MA
  28. 2021-01-27
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  29. 2021-01-26
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  30. 2021-01-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  31. 2021-01-19
    ➕
    DOWDS, Colin Nigel appointed
    director
  32. 2021-01-19
    ➕
    EVERETT, Lee John appointed
    director
  33. 2019-04-08
    ➖
    PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2018-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  35. 2016-11-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  36. 2001-08-30
    ➕
    ALLAN, Iain appointed
    director
  37. 2001-08-30
    ➕
    MCCABE, Eric appointed
    director
  38. 2001-08-30
    ➖
    PR TRUSTEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 2001-07-24
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    Company incorporated
    As TARIFFCOM LIMITED
  40. 2001-07-24
    ➕
    PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 2001-07-24
    ➕
    PR TRUSTEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Radius Payment Solutions Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Radius Payment Solutions Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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TARIFFCOM LIMITED
This company · SC221516

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Radius Payment Solutions Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/01/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Iain Allanceased 19/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Eric Mccabeceased 19/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2001-07-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

6 Bon Accord Square
Aberdeen
AB11 6XU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

ALLAN, Iain→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRVINE, Simeon Thomas→
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-02-14
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Active
MCCABE, Eric→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-08-30
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Active
WOOLNOUGH, Christopher→
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-04-08
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Active
PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-24 · resigned 2019-04-08
Resigned
DOWDS, Colin Nigel→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-01-19 · resigned 2021-06-03
Resigned
EVERETT, Lee John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-01-19 · resigned 2025-04-08
Resigned
KNUDSSEN, Abigail Helen Jane→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-10-28 · resigned 2023-12-15
Resigned
OLDFIELD, Timothy Simon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-06-03 · resigned 2022-10-28
Resigned
THOMPSON, Benjamin Alwin Russell→
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-05-01 · resigned 2025-02-14
Resigned
PR TRUSTEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-24 · resigned 2001-08-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—24/11/201602/05/2018

Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-10