PINPOINT ONLINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC316444 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-13
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£116.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £116,474

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£104k
Net Worth
£116k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£47k£70k£93k£116kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£116.5k—
Cash£104.0k—
Net assets£116.5k—
Average employees—0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-05
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2022-01-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-01-01
    ➕
    ELDER, Caroline Alisa Marie appointed
    secretary
  13. 2021-12-31
    ➖
    CHATER, Julian Andrew resigned
    secretary
  14. 2021-12-31
    ➖
    CHATER, Julian Andrew resigned
    director
  15. 2021-12-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2007-05-01
    ➕
    ELDER, Caroline Alisa Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2007-05-01
    ➕
    CHATER, Julian Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2007-02-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PINPOINT ONLINE LIMITED
  23. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    CHATER, Justin Francis John appointed
    director
  24. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    CHATER, Julian Andrew appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-02-13
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2007-02-13
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2007-02-13
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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 19 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Julian Andrew Chater
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Justin Francis John Chater
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Caroline Alisa Marie Elder
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2007-02-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

9 Gayfield Square
Edinburgh
EH1 3NT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ELDER, Caroline Alisa Marie→
secretary · appointed 2022-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHATER, Justin Francis John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELDER, Caroline Alisa Marie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHATER, Julian Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-13 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-13 · resigned 2007-02-13
Resigned
CHATER, Julian Andrew→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-05-01 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-13 · resigned 2007-02-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-01-05