CONTAGIOUS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC223455 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-21
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 closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → ready
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Refinance opportunity: under_pressure → ready
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£249.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
108 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £249,750
Net assets shrinking
Down £123,601 YoY
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£189k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£250k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£75k£149k£224k£299k£373kSept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Cash£189.4k£161.2k£273.9k
Net assets£249.8k£373.4k£343.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
2
filings
  • • 2 capital
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  2. 2026-06-23
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  3. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-05-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2026-03-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-03-06
    ➖
    DOBSON, Jason Marc resigned
    director
  7. 2025-12-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-12-02
    ➖
    MILNE, Jason Edward resigned
    director
  9. 2025-11-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2025-11-03
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2025-05-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-03-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-08-17
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  14. 2023-08-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2023-08-17
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  16. 2023-08-16
    ➕
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2023-07-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2023-07-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-07-27
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2023-07-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2023-07-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2023-07-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2023-07-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2023-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-05-27
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2014-10-21
    ➕
    MILNE, Jason Edward appointed
    director
  27. 2013-12-20
    ➖
    YATES, Vaughan Christopher resigned
    secretary
  28. 2013-12-20
    ➖
    YATES, Vaughan Christopher resigned
    director
  29. 2013-12-20
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  30. 2006-09-01
    ➕
    DOBSON, Jason Marc appointed
    director
  31. 2006-08-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  32. 2006-07-26
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Ewen Duncan appointed
    director
  34. 2001-09-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CONTAGIOUS (UK) LIMITED
  35. 2001-09-21
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Matthew appointed
    director
  36. 2001-09-21
    ➕
    YATES, Vaughan Christopher appointed
    secretary
  37. 2001-09-21
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2001-09-21
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 2001-09-21
    ➕
    YATES, Vaughan Christopher appointed
    director
  40. 2001-09-21
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 2001-09-21
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

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 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

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DOBSON, Jason Marc resigned 2026-03-06; MILNE, Jason Edward resigned 2025-12-02

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Chapman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Ewen Duncan Griffiths
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · 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
Incorporated2001-09-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Suite 2, Ground Floor, Orchard Brae House
30 Queensferry Road
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
EH4 2HS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPMAN, Matthew→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Ewen Duncan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YATES, Vaughan Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-21 · resigned 2013-12-20
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-21 · resigned 2001-09-21
Resigned
DOBSON, Jason Marc→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-09-01 · resigned 2026-03-06
Resigned
MILNE, Jason Edward→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-10-21 · resigned 2025-12-02
Resigned
YATES, Vaughan Christopher→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-09-21 · resigned 2013-12-20
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-21 · resigned 2001-09-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property11/08/200620/12/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property26/07/200627/05/2021

Recent filings (108 total)

capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-06-23
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-08-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-17