INTELLILOCATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC327324 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£200£400£600£800£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-27
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-07-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-07-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-07-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-03-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2009-03-04
    ➖
    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-03-01
    ➕
    WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-07-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INTELLILOCATE LIMITED
  20. 2007-07-05
    ➕
    KONG, Andrew Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-05
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Alasdair Lamont appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-05
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-06-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alasdair Lamont Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Steven Kong
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Nethertownbroad Street
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-01
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Active
KONG, Andrew Steven→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-07-05
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Active
MACDONALD, Alasdair Lamont→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-07-05
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Active
HARGREAVES, Charles Robert→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-05 · resigned 2009-03-04
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
A registered charge1 property06/03/2014—
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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06