UCAN ENTERPRISES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC427198 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-28

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -87% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,226

Cash draining

Cash down 87% YoY

Cash YoY

-87%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↓ 87% YoY

Net Worth

£1k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£61k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Total assets	£1.2k	£1.1k	£-28.6k
Current assets	£60.6k	£52.9k	£10.8k
Cash	£2.7k	£20.2k	£7.8k
Debtors	£57.8k	£32.6k	£3.0k
Net assets	£1.2k	£1.1k	£-28.6k

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-06-26
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2025-06-13
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2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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accounts · AA
2021-07-13
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2021-07-13
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officers · CH01
2021-07-13
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officers · CH01
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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2020-06-30
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2020-03-24
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2019-03-28
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2018-06-25
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accounts · AA
2018-04-18
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2018-03-22
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accounts · AA01
2013-08-20
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MCCABE, William resigned
director
2013-08-20
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MCLAUGHLIN, Paul resigned
director
2013-05-20
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MCCULLOCH, James resigned
director
2013-04-01
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CAMPBELL, David appointed
director
2013-04-01
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MCCULLOCH, James appointed
director
2013-04-01
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MCLAUGHLIN, Paul appointed
director
2012-06-28
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Company incorporated
As UCAN ENTERPRISES LTD
2012-06-28
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BUCKMAN, Matthew appointed
director
2012-06-28
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FAIRBAIRN, Joseph Bell appointed
director
2012-06-28
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MCCABE, William appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Valerie Campbell Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/03/2018
Mrs Susan Buckman Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/10/2017
Mr Matthew Thomas Ashby Buckman Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Joseph Bell Fairbairn Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr David Campbell Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-06-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

5 Willock Street

Kilmarnock

KA1 4HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-12

Last: 2026-06-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BUCKMAN, Matthew→

director · ~58y · appointed 2012-06-28

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Active

CAMPBELL, David→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-04-01

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Active

FAIRBAIRN, Joseph Bell→

director · ~65y · appointed 2012-06-28

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Active

MCCABE, William→

director · ~55y · appointed 2012-06-28 · resigned 2013-08-20

Resigned

MCCULLOCH, James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-04-01 · resigned 2013-05-20

Resigned

MCLAUGHLIN, Paul→

director · ~50y · appointed 2013-04-01 · resigned 2013-08-20

Resigned

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