MAIDSAFE.NET LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC297540 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-22
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
24 officers (4 active, 24 linked, 20 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
161 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-17
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    COSH, David Stephen resigned
    director
  4. 2026-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-02-21
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    BUXTON, Sarah appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-05
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2020-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-11-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-11-15
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    HUTCHISON, Alexander Fraser resigned
    director
  18. 2020-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2019-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2019-10-30
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    BURBOROUGH, Nadia resigned
    director
  22. 2019-10-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2019-10-23
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    CAMPBELL, Douglas resigned
    director
  24. 2019-07-15
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    BURBOROUGH, Nadia appointed
    director
  25. 2019-07-01
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Douglas appointed
    director
  26. 2019-05-27
    ➖
    LAMBERT, Nicholas resigned
    director
  27. 2019-04-11
    ➖
    RAJKUMAR, Vivekanand resigned
    director
  28. 2018-02-23
    ➖
    HUTCHISON, Fraser Robert resigned
    director
  29. 2017-03-20
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    LAVERTY, Andrew John Ninian appointed
    director
  30. 2016-11-08
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    ALLAN, David appointed
    director
  31. 2015-09-10
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    RAJKUMAR, Vivekanand appointed
    director
  32. 2015-02-27
    ➖
    REID, Fraser Callum resigned
    director
  33. 2014-02-04
    ➖
    MCNALLY-JONES, Lorraine Ethel resigned
    director
  34. 2014-01-27
    ➖
    COSH, Stephen resigned
    director
  35. 2013-08-27
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    COSH, David Stephen appointed
    director
  36. 2013-06-06
    ➕
    HUTCHISON, Alexander Fraser appointed
    director
  37. 2013-06-06
    ➕
    REID, Fraser Callum appointed
    director
  38. 2013-04-02
    ➖
    SCHMIDT VALLE, Dan resigned
    director
  39. 2012-11-28
    ➕
    LAMBERT, Nicholas appointed
    director
  40. 2012-10-22
    ➖
    ALLAN, David Stewart resigned
    director
  41. 2012-09-25
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    MÜCKLISCH, Steve resigned
    director
  42. 2012-05-11
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    MÜCKLISCH, Steve appointed
    director
  43. 2011-12-15
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    HUTCHISON, Fraser Robert appointed
    director
  44. 2011-12-15
    ➕
    MCNALLY-JONES, Lorraine Ethel appointed
    director
  45. 2011-11-17
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    SCHMIDT VALLE, Dan appointed
    director
  46. 2011-11-07
    ➕
    COSH, Stephen appointed
    director
  47. 2009-09-14
    ➖
    JOHNSTONE, Richard resigned
    director
  48. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    IRVINE, John resigned
    secretary
  49. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    IRVINE, John resigned
    director
  50. 2008-05-07
    ➕
    ALLAN, David Stewart appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 63 events

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Maidsafe Foundation holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Maidsafe Foundation
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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MAIDSAFE.NET LIMITED
This company · SC297540

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maidsafe Foundation
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/02/2018

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
Incorporated2006-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

C/O Henderson Loggie Llp The Stamp Office
Level 5, 10-14 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (4 active · 20 resigned)

ALLAN, David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUXTON, Sarah→
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-02-21
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Active
IRVINE, David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-02-22
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Active
LAVERTY, Andrew John Ninian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-03-20
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Active
FINDLAY, James English→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2007-10-22
Resigned
IRVINE, John→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-22 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
IRVINE, Kathryn Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-22 · resigned 2006-06-19
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-22 · resigned 2006-02-22
Resigned
ALLAN, David Stewart→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-05-07 · resigned 2012-10-22
Resigned
BURBOROUGH, Nadia→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-07-15 · resigned 2019-10-30
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Douglas→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-07-01 · resigned 2019-10-23
Resigned
COSH, David Stephen→
director · ~81y · appointed 2013-08-27 · resigned 2026-02-17
Resigned
COSH, Stephen→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-11-07 · resigned 2014-01-27
Resigned
FINDLAY, Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2007-10-22
Resigned
HUTCHISON, Alexander Fraser→
director · ~83y · appointed 2013-06-06 · resigned 2020-11-15
Resigned
HUTCHISON, Fraser Robert→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-12-15 · resigned 2018-02-23
Resigned
IRVINE, John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-12-23 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Richard→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-10-22 · resigned 2009-09-14
Resigned
LAMBERT, Nicholas→
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-11-28 · resigned 2019-05-27
Resigned
MCNALLY-JONES, Lorraine Ethel→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-12-15 · resigned 2014-02-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (161 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22