EURIQA LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC366474 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-08
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£95.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £95,692
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,629 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£96k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£136k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£28k£56k£84k£112k£141kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£97.5k£110.7k
Current assets£136.2k£140.6k
Cash£19.8k£19.7k
Debtors£116.5k£120.9k
Net assets£95.7k£108.3k

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
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
10
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
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  10. 2026-02-03
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  12. 2025-01-24
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  15. 2024-04-11
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  16. 2023-05-24
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  17. 2022-05-27
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  18. 2021-06-22
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  19. 2020-07-02
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  20. 2009-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As EURIQA LTD
  21. 2009-10-08
    ➕
    HERD, Lynne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-10-08
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    HERD, Lynne appointed
    director
  23. 2009-10-08
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    HERD, Stephen Mark appointed
    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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
Mrs Lynne Herd
Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/10/2016
Mr Stephen Mark Herd
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/10/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

18 Dott Road
Broxburn
West Lothian
EH52 1AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HERD, Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-08
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Active
HERD, Lynne→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-10-08
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Active
HERD, Stephen Mark→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-10-08
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Active

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Recent filings (46 total)

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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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confirmation-statement · CS01
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