SPEECH SENTINEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC277103 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£447.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £447,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£447k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£300
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£89k£179k£268k£358k£447kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£447.0k£447.0k
Current assets£300£300
Net assets£447.0k£447.0k

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

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-08
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    DURRANT, Paul Nicholas resigned
    director
  3. 2024-11-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-09-25
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  6. 2022-09-13
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  7. 2021-09-27
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  8. 2020-12-22
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  9. 2019-09-29
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  10. 2018-09-30
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  11. 2017-09-05
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  12. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-21
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  14. 2015-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-27
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  16. 2014-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-11-01
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    SAPELUK, Andrew Thomas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-10-31
    ➖
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Andrew Sapeluk
  20. 2004-12-29
    ➕
    SAPELUK, Andrew Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2004-12-29
    ➕
    SAPELUK, Nicola appointed
    director
  22. 2004-12-29
    ➕
    DURRANT, Paul Nicholas appointed
    director
  23. 2004-12-29
    ➖
    MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As SPEECH SENTINEL LIMITED
  25. 2004-12-07
    ➕
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-12-07
    ➕
    MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Andrew Thomas Sapeluk
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2004-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

4 Burn Street
Dundee
DD3 0LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SAPELUK, Andrew Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-01
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Active
SAPELUK, Andrew Thomas→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-12-29
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Active
SAPELUK, Nicola→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-12-29
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Active
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-07 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
DURRANT, Paul Nicholas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-12-29 · resigned 2024-11-08
Resigned
MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-07 · resigned 2004-12-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Andrew Sapeluk
Bond & floating charge1 property01/02/2005—
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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-29