HYDROUSEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC421282 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-05
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,406

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£677
Net Worth
-£8k
Current Assets
£677
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£-8.4k
Current assets£677
Cash£677
Net assets£-8.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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  2. 2025-07-31
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  3. 2024-07-30
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  4. 2024-04-15
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  5. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-24
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  7. 2021-06-29
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  8. 2020-09-08
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  9. 2020-04-08
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  10. 2019-06-13
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  11. 2019-02-05
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  12. 2018-02-05
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  13. 2017-02-08
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  14. 2016-04-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-12
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    address · AD04
  16. 2015-01-27
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    CAMPBELL, Sandra appointed
    director
  17. 2012-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As HYDROUSEL LIMITED
  18. 2012-04-05
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    CAMPBELL, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-04-05
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    JAMIESON, Angus Lamberton, Professor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Professor Angus Lamberton Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares13/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-04-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

17 Crown Drive
Inverness
IV2 3NN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-05
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CAMPBELL, Sandra→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-01-27
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JAMIESON, Angus Lamberton, Professor→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-04-05
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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08