WILDCAT COMPUTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC249623 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-20
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
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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
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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.

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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
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-02
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-06-12
    ➖
    MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary resigned
    secretary
  6. 2025-06-12
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2019-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-08-01
    ➕
    MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2011-08-01
    ➖
    MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary resigned
    director
  22. 2003-05-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WILDCAT COMPUTING LIMITED
  23. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    MACINTOSH, Peter David appointed
    director
  24. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary appointed
    director
  28. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter David Macintosh
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence20/05/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

16 Payne Street
Glasgow
G4 0LF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACINTOSH, Peter David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2025-06-12
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned
MACINTOSH, Katherine Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2011-08-01
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-14
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17