UNIQUE SYSTEM (UK) LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC356252 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-09
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£23.27M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 10.3y

45/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £6,771,167
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 19% YoY
Turnover YoY
+19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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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
Turnover£23.27M£19.62M
Gross profit£12.29M£9.39M
Operating profit£7.16M£6.56M
Profit before tax£6.77M£6.48M
Average employees38003300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-26
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    MACKIE, Nicholas resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-05-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-06
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-01-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  8. 2022-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-06-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-06-22
    ➕
    CHARLES, Martin Ian George appointed
    director
  12. 2022-06-22
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    MAIN, Richard resigned
    director
  13. 2022-01-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2022-01-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Standard Chartered Bank, Uae Branch as Security Agent (As Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying the MR01)
  15. 2021-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-08-26
    ➕
    MACKIE, Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  20. 2020-08-26
    ➖
    BRADING, Graham resigned
    director
  21. 2020-08-26
    ➕
    MAIN, Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2020-08-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2020-08-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2020-08-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  25. 2020-01-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  26. 2018-12-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  27. 2016-11-17
    ➕
    BRADING, Graham appointed
    director
  28. 2016-11-17
    ➖
    HUGHES, Raymond John resigned
    director
  29. 2016-01-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Standard Chartered Bank
  30. 2009-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As UNIQUE SYSTEM (UK) LIMITED
  31. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    GANDHI, Himanshu Suresh appointed
    director
  32. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2009-03-09
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    HUGHES, Raymond John appointed
    director
  35. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  36. 2009-03-09
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Himanshu Suresh Gandhi
Individual · Indian · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
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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7 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
Incorporated2009-03-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6 Bon Accord Square
Aberdeen
AB11 6XU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CHARLES, Martin Ian George→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GANDHI, Himanshu Suresh→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKIE, Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2020-08-26 · resigned 2025-05-26
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-09 · resigned 2009-03-09
Resigned
BRADING, Graham→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-11-17 · resigned 2020-08-26
Resigned
HUGHES, Raymond John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-03-09 · resigned 2016-11-17
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-03-09 · resigned 2009-03-09
Resigned
MAIN, Richard→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-08-26 · resigned 2022-06-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property04/01/2023—
outstanding
Standard Chartered Bank, Uae Branch as Security Agent (As Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying the MR01)
A registered charge—20/01/2022—
satisfied
Standard Chartered Bank
A registered charge—07/01/201620/12/2018
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-26