SUPPORTICO LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC372257 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-03
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.63M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.7y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
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
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,627,634

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£799k
Net Worth
£1.6m
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£1.86M
Current assets£1.29M
Cash£798.8k
Debtors£486.4k
Net assets£1.63M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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  2. 2025-12-23
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  3. 2025-04-28
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  4. 2025-03-19
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  5. 2024-12-19
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  6. 2023-12-21
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  7. 2022-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-20
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  10. 2021-09-20
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  11. 2021-03-01
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  12. 2019-12-20
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  13. 2018-12-21
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  14. 2018-11-14
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  15. 2018-10-16
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  16. 2018-10-16
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  17. 2018-10-15
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    capital · SH19
  18. 2018-09-21
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    KISICKA, Agata Anna resigned
    director
  19. 2018-09-21
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    KISICKA, Agata Anna resigned
    director
  20. 2017-08-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2017-07-02
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    KISICKA, Agata Anna appointed
    director
  22. 2017-07-02
    ➕
    KISICKA, Agata Anna appointed
    director
  23. 2017-07-02
    ➖
    KISICKA, Agata Anna resigned
    director
  24. 2013-06-01
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    KISICKA, Agata Anna appointed
    director
  25. 2013-02-11
    ➖
    KISICKA, Agata Anna resigned
    secretary
  26. 2013-02-11
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    KISICKA, Agata Anna resigned
    director
  27. 2010-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As SUPPORTICO LTD
  28. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    KOTECHA, Mahesh Kumar appointed
    director
  29. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    KISICKA, Agata Anna appointed
    secretary
  30. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    KISICKA, Agata Anna appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Mahesh Kumar Kotecha
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Agata Anna Kisickaceased 20/09/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-02-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

1 Leonard Street
Perth
Perth
PH2 8HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

KOTECHA, Mahesh Kumar→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KISICKA, Agata Anna→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-03 · resigned 2013-02-11
Resigned
KISICKA, Agata Anna→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-07-02 · resigned 2018-09-21
Resigned
KISICKA, Agata Anna→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-07-02 · resigned 2018-09-21
Resigned
KISICKA, Agata Anna→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-06-01 · resigned 2017-07-02
Resigned
KISICKA, Agata Anna→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-02-03 · resigned 2013-02-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—16/08/2017—
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Recent filings (59 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-20