GENIUS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC361801 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-26
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
77 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees343000

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.

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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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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  2. 2025-10-23
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-16
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    MITCHELSON, Campbell William resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-08
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    capital · SH03
  6. 2024-10-14
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  7. 2024-10-14
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    capital-cancellation-shares
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  8. 2024-10-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2024-10-08
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2024-10-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2024-10-08
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  12. 2024-10-08
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  13. 2024-02-06
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  14. 2023-04-27
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  15. 2022-04-29
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  16. 2021-04-06
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  17. 2020-02-24
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  18. 2019-04-30
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  19. 2014-01-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2014-01-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2013-08-01
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    GALLACHER, Elaine Maureen appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-30
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    GALLACHER, Elaine Maureen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-06-30
    ➖
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-08-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Campbell Mitchelson
  25. 2009-08-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: John Thomson
  26. 2009-07-01
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    THOMSON, John Robert appointed
    director
  27. 2009-07-01
    ➕
    MITCHELSON, Campbell William appointed
    director
  28. 2009-07-01
    ➖
    MUNRO, Donald John resigned
    director
  29. 2009-07-01
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    HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  30. 2009-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As GENIUS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  31. 2009-06-26
    ➕
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2009-06-26
    ➕
    MUNRO, Donald John appointed
    director
  33. 2009-06-26
    ➕
    HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Robert Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Campbell William Mitchelsonceased 18/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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6 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
Incorporated2009-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

1439 Cumbernauld Road
Glasgow
G33 1AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GALLACHER, Elaine Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLACHER, Elaine Maureen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, John Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-06-26 · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
MITCHELSON, Campbell William→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2025-10-16
Resigned
MUNRO, Donald John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-06-26 · resigned 2009-07-01
Resigned
HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-06-26 · resigned 2009-07-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Campbell Mitchelson
Bond & floating charge1 property21/08/200909/01/2014
satisfied
John Thomson
Bond & floating charge1 property21/08/200909/01/2014

Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-11-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-10-14
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-10-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27