OPTIMISE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC291827 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-18
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
83/100
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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 20.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.1 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2024-09-03
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  4. 2024-09-03
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  5. 2024-09-03
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  7. 2024-09-03
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  8. 2024-09-03
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  9. 2023-12-26
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  10. 2022-12-28
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  11. 2021-12-27
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  12. 2020-12-31
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  13. 2019-11-25
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  14. 2018-12-31
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  15. 2018-01-02
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  16. 2016-12-30
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  17. 2009-02-09
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    LOCKWOOD, Adam Angus resigned
    director
  18. 2008-01-14
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    KINNEAR, Lisa Elaine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-01-14
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    LINDSAYS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-10-18
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    LINDSAYS WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-04-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2005-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As OPTIMISE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  23. 2005-10-18
    ➕
    COATES, Andrew Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2005-10-18
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    KINNEAR, Gordon Fraser appointed
    director
  25. 2005-10-18
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    LOCKWOOD, Adam Angus appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Michael Coates
Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/10/2016
Mr Gordon Fraser Kinnear
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/10/2016

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
Incorporated2005-10-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

12 Alva Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4QG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KINNEAR, Lisa Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COATES, Andrew Michael→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KINNEAR, Gordon Fraser→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINDSAYS WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2008-01-14
Resigned
LOCKWOOD, Adam Angus→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-10-18 · resigned 2009-02-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/04/2006—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-27