VECTORCLOUD LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC343767 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-03

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£184.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

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 £184,133

Cash YoY

-15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£73k

↓ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£184k

↑ 9.7% YoY

Current Assets

£274k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£322.8k	£228.4k
Current assets	£274.2k	£311.2k
Cash	£72.6k	£85.8k
Debtors	£199.5k	£222.4k
Net assets	£184.1k	£167.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-12-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-29
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CASSIDY, Scott Joseph resigned
director
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-09-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-09-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-30
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MCKAY, Ewan resigned
director
2019-06-24
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CASSIDY, Scott Joseph appointed
director
2019-06-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-02-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-02-15
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CASSIDY, Scott Joseph resigned
director
2017-04-07
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MITCHELL, Kevin James appointed
director
2017-04-07
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ANDREWS, Janette resigned
secretary
2017-04-07
➖
ANDREWS, David resigned
director
2017-04-07
➕
CASSIDY, Scott Joseph appointed
director
2017-04-07
➕
MCKAY, Ewan appointed
director
2015-02-02
➖
MITCHELL, Kevin James resigned
director
2009-04-12
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MITCHELL, Kevin James appointed
director
2008-08-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-06-03
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Company incorporated
As VECTORCLOUD LTD
2008-06-03
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ANDREWS, Janette appointed
secretary
2008-06-03
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ANDREWS, David appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Vectorcloud Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Vectorcloud Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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VECTORCLOUD LTD

This company · SC343767

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Vectorcloud Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/08/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Asset One Limitedceased 30/08/2019· 75-100% shares
Mr David Andrewsceased 27/03/2017· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-06-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Unit 5 Gateway Business Park

Beancross Road

Grangemouth

FK3 8WX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

MITCHELL, Kevin James→

director · ~48y · appointed 2017-04-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ANDREWS, Janette→

secretary · appointed 2008-06-03 · resigned 2017-04-07

Resigned

ANDREWS, David→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-06-03 · resigned 2017-04-07

Resigned

CASSIDY, Scott Joseph→

director · ~47y · appointed 2019-06-24 · resigned 2024-02-29

Resigned

CASSIDY, Scott Joseph→

director · ~47y · appointed 2017-04-07 · resigned 2019-02-15

Resigned

MCKAY, Ewan→

director · ~44y · appointed 2017-04-07 · resigned 2019-08-30

Resigned

MITCHELL, Kevin James→

director · ~48y · appointed 2009-04-12 · resigned 2015-02-02

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	06/08/2008	25/02/2019

Recent filings (69 total)

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2025-12-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-09

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2025-06-10

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2025-06-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-03-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-20

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-06-29

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2022-06-29