ROOT-5 SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC306363 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-04

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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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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 Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	100	200

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-19
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2024-08-23
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2023-11-24
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2022-11-28
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2021-11-30
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2020-12-16
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2019-09-16
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accounts · AA01
2017-09-21
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accounts · AA
2016-08-30
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2016-06-27
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address · AD01
2016-06-27
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officers · AP01
2016-06-21
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AUSTIN, Suzan appointed
director
2016-06-02
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officers · TM01
2016-06-01
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FOWLER, Clive resigned
director
2016-05-24
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accounts · AA
2007-03-09
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AUSTIN, Suzan appointed
secretary
2007-03-09
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AUSTIN, Derek Ian, Dr appointed
director
2007-03-09
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P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2007-03-09
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FOWLER, Clive appointed
director
2007-03-09
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P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2006-08-04
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Company incorporated
As ROOT-5 SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2006-08-04
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P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-08-04
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P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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 19 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

79/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Suzan Austin Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/06/2016
Dr Derek Ian Austin Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2006-08-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

11 Bon Accord Crescent

Aberdeen Business Centre

Aberdeen

AB11 6DE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-18

Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

AUSTIN, Suzan→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-09

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Active

AUSTIN, Derek Ian, Dr→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-03-09

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Active

AUSTIN, Suzan→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-06-21

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Active

P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-04 · resigned 2007-03-09

Resigned

FOWLER, Clive→

director · ~77y · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2016-06-01

Resigned

P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-04 · resigned 2007-03-09

Resigned

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