CYCLERATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC334375 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2021-10-31
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    MCBETH, Martin Gerrard resigned
    director
  7. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2020-12-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-08-18
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    MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid resigned
    director
  13. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-06
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    BURNS, William resigned
    director
  15. 2019-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-10-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-10-10
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    WELLS, Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-08-24
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    LAWSON, Stephen John resigned
    director
  21. 2012-06-08
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    MADSEN, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-08
    ➖
    BELL, Julie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-06-08
    ➖
    BELL, Julie resigned
    director
  24. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    BURNS, William appointed
    director
  25. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    LAWSON, Stephen John appointed
    director
  26. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    MCBETH, Martin Gerrard appointed
    director
  27. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid appointed
    director
  28. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    WELLS, Robert appointed
    director
  29. 2012-06-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2008-02-29
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    BELL, John Andrew appointed
    director
  31. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    BELL, Julie appointed
    secretary
  32. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    BELL, Julie appointed
    director
  34. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2007-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CYCLERATE LIMITED
  36. 2007-11-23
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2007-11-23
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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.)

Group structure

Emergency One Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Emergency One Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CYCLERATE LIMITED
This company · SC334375

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Emergency One Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares14/06/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Emergency One Uk Limitedceased 14/06/2019· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

3a Caponacre Industrial Estate
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 1SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

BELL, John Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MADSEN, Michael→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2012-06-08
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-11-23 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
BELL, Julie→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2012-06-08
Resigned
BURNS, William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2019-06-06
Resigned
LAWSON, Stephen John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2016-08-24
Resigned
MCBETH, Martin Gerrard→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2021-10-31
Resigned
MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2020-08-18
Resigned
WELLS, Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2018-10-10
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-11-23 · resigned 2008-02-29
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
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property08/06/2012—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-12-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-01