SAMTEQ LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC363726 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-07
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 63120Web portals
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 3 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-28
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    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-07-28
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  4. 2025-07-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-07-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-10
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-29
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  8. 2023-05-22
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  9. 2022-09-21
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    address · AD01
  10. 2022-04-20
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    change-of-constitution · CC02
  11. 2022-04-19
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    incorporation · MA
  12. 2022-04-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2022-04-19
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  14. 2022-04-19
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  15. 2022-04-11
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  16. 2021-05-24
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As SAMTEQ LIMITED
  19. 2009-08-07
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    COLEY, Kenneth Lesley appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-08-07
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    COLEY, Kenneth Lesley appointed
    director
  21. 2009-08-07
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    COLEY, Samuel George appointed
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel George Coley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1992 · age 34
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Kenneth Lesley Coley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62011 — Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Registered office

Mossbank
Kames
Tighnabruaich
Argyll & Bute
PA21 2AB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COLEY, Kenneth Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-07
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COLEY, Kenneth Lesley→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-08-07
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COLEY, Samuel George→
director · ~34y · appointed 2009-08-07
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06