GLOBALDATUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC292093 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-21
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£317.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £317,456
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,694 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£317k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£269k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£65k£130k£194k£259k£324kApr 2023Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-302023-04-30
Total assets£317.5k£324.1k—
Current assets£269.1k£228.1k—
Net assets£317.5k£324.1k—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-02-13
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  3. 2024-03-25
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  4. 2024-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-09-14
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  6. 2022-04-22
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  7. 2021-04-26
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  8. 2019-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-02
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    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2019-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2018-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-03
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    capital · SH03
  13. 2018-09-20
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    capital · SH06
  14. 2018-09-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-20
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    officers · AP03
  17. 2017-06-19
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    BUCHAN, Alison appointed
    secretary
  18. 2017-06-19
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    BUCHAN, Alison Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2017-06-18
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    HENDRY, Adrian resigned
    secretary
  20. 2017-06-18
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    HENDRY, Adrian resigned
    director
  21. 2008-02-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Datum Dynamics Limited
  22. 2007-11-12
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    WALKER, Robert Thomas Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2007-11-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Factors Scotland Limited
  24. 2005-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GLOBALDATUM LIMITED
  25. 2005-10-21
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    BUCHAN, Finlay Donald appointed
    director
  26. 2005-10-21
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    HENDRY, Adrian appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-10-21
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-10-21
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2005-10-21
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    HENDRY, Adrian appointed
    director
  30. 2005-10-21
    ➕
    WALKER, Robert Thomas Andrew appointed
    director
  31. 2005-10-21
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2005-10-21
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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
Mrs Alison Mary Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2023
Mr Finlay Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Adrian Hendryceased 18/06/2017· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Bank Chambers
31 The Square
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 1AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BUCHAN, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2017-06-19
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Active
BUCHAN, Alison Mary→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-06-19
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Active
BUCHAN, Finlay Donald→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-10-21
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Active
HENDRY, Adrian→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2017-06-18
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2005-10-21
Resigned
HENDRY, Adrian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2017-06-18
Resigned
WALKER, Robert Thomas Andrew→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2007-11-12
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2005-10-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Datum Dynamics
Datum Dynamics Limited
Floating charge1 property21/02/2008—
satisfied
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Factors Scotland Limited
Floating charge1 property12/11/200702/05/2019
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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-29