BIOTIKOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC340414 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£202.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £202,191
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£159k
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£202k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£178k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£40k£81k£121k£162k£202kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£213.2k£168.2k
Current assets£177.7k£145.6k
Cash£158.7k£142.9k
Debtors£18.9k£2.8k
Net assets£202.2k£160.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-05-01
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Thorfinn Robert appointed
    director
  5. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-04-11
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Robert Clive appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-04-11
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Inga Marie appointed
    director
  19. 2008-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIOTIKOS LIMITED
  20. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-03-28
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-03-28
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-03-28
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

19/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WILLIAMSON, Thorfinn Robert (same surname) appointed 2024-05-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Inga Marie Williamson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

21 Victoria Street
Stromness
Orkney
KW16 3AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Robert Clive→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Inga Marie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Thorfinn Robert→
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2008-03-28
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2008-03-28
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2008-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-31