TANNLIN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC399904 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.50M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25730
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 28990SIC 28990
  • 77400Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.5y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
42 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,499,024
Cash YoY
+123%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£322k
↑ 123% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£337k£675k£1.0m£1.3m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.58M£1.39M
Current assets£1.69M£1.66M
Cash£321.6k£144.4k
Debtors£969.5k£822.7k
Net assets£1.50M£1.32M

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

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-09
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    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-07-09
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-25
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    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-03-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
  6. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-04
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  8. 2022-12-22
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  9. 2022-06-22
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-06-17
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    HALL, James Stewart appointed
    director
  11. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-01
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  13. 2020-11-23
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2020-11-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  15. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-21
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-19
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-03-18
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    SHAW, Fraser Murray resigned
    director
  19. 2018-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  21. 2011-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As TANNLIN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  22. 2011-05-19
    ➕
    HALL, Laura Johnstone appointed
    secretary
  23. 2011-05-19
    ➕
    HALL, James Graham appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-19
    ➕
    HALL, Laura Johnstone appointed
    director
  25. 2011-05-19
    ➕
    SHAW, Fraser Murray appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HALL, James Stewart (same surname) appointed 2022-06-17. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Tannlin Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Tannlin Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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TANNLIN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
This company · SC399904

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tannlin Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2011-05-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25730 — SIC 25730

Registered office

37 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HALL, Laura Johnstone→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-19
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Active
HALL, James Stewart→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-06-17
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Active
HALL, James Graham→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-05-19
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Active
HALL, Laura Johnstone→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-05-19
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Active
SHAW, Fraser Murray→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-05-19 · resigned 2019-03-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—20/03/2025—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—09/11/2020—
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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-01