TRANSLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC260027 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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, 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, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £2,431
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,610 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£5k£8k£10k£13kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Cash£7.4k£12.7k
Net assets£2.4k£7.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-11-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-20
    ➕
    DAVIES, Louisa Alix appointed
    director
  11. 2019-08-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As TRANSLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 2003-12-01
    ➕
    DAVIES, Louisa Alix appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-12-01
    ➕
    DAVIES, Edward Iwan appointed
    director
  19. 2003-12-01
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-12-01
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-12-01
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-12-01
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward Iwan Davies
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Louisa Alix Davies
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-12-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82190 — Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

Registered office

3 Weir Place
Perth
Perth And Kinross
PH1 3GP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIES, Louisa Alix→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Edward Iwan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Louisa Alix→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2003-12-01
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2003-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01