METATECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC230101 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-09
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£171.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
76 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £171,216

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£171k
↑ 218% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£145k-£82k-£19k£45k£108k£171kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£171.2k£-145.3k
Current assets£3.1k£1.9k
Net assets£171.2k£-145.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-31
    ➖
    DALGLEISH, Linda Grace resigned
    director
  3. 2026-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-12-12
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  8. 2023-12-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-12-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-04-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-04-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2007-11-26
    ➕
    AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-11-26
    ➖
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-04-18
    ➕
    DALGLEISH, Alistair appointed
    director
  22. 2002-04-18
    ➕
    DALGLEISH, Linda Grace appointed
    director
  23. 2002-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As METATECH LIMITED
  24. 2002-04-09
    ➕
    DALGLEISH, Thomas Scott Frame appointed
    director
  25. 2002-04-09
    ➕
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 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 24 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
Alistair Dalgleish
Individual · British · DOB 05/1982 · age 44
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

C/O Anderson Strathern Llp
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALGLEISH, Alistair→
director · ~44y · appointed 2002-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALGLEISH, Thomas Scott Frame→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON STRATHERN WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-09 · resigned 2007-11-26
Resigned
DALGLEISH, Linda Grace→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-18 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19