FILE-AWAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC222086 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 2 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 (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

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
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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2024-04-24
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  4. 2023-06-28
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  5. 2022-09-26
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-09-21
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    LADYMAN, Robert James appointed
    director
  7. 2022-05-22
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    LADYMAN, Robert James resigned
    director
  8. 2022-05-22
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-05-17
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  10. 2021-05-25
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  11. 2020-05-21
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  12. 2019-03-16
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  13. 2018-05-30
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  14. 2017-05-25
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  15. 2016-05-16
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-06-01
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    LADYMAN, Robert James appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-30
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    LADYMAN, Philip resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-30
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    LADYMAN, Mairi Theresa resigned
    director
  21. 2005-11-30
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    LADYMAN, Philip resigned
    director
  22. 2002-04-04
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    BIRNIE, Janice appointed
    director
  23. 2002-02-12
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    LADYMAN, Robert James appointed
    director
  24. 2001-08-14
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    LADYMAN, Philip appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-08-14
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    UK COMPANYSHOP LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-08-14
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    ADEY, Jane resigned
    nominee-director
  27. 2001-08-14
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    LADYMAN, Mairi Theresa appointed
    director
  28. 2001-08-14
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    LADYMAN, Philip appointed
    director
  29. 2001-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As FILE-AWAY LIMITED
  30. 2001-08-10
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    UK COMPANYSHOP LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2001-08-10
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    ADEY, Jane appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert James Ladyman
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

30 Church Street
Newtyle
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH12 8TZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

LADYMAN, Robert James→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRNIE, Janice→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-04-04
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Active
LADYMAN, Robert James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LADYMAN, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-14 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned
UK COMPANYSHOP LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2001-08-14
Resigned
ADEY, Jane→
nominee-director · ~65y · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2001-08-14
Resigned
LADYMAN, Mairi Theresa→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-08-14 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned
LADYMAN, Philip→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-08-14 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned
LADYMAN, Robert James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2022-05-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-21