TAXI GAME LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC494968 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-13
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£80.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32409
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £80,057
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£48k
↑ 6.4% YoY
Net Worth
£80k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£148k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£59k£89k£118k£148kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£115.3k£120.1k
Current assets£147.9k£145.0k
Cash£47.9k£45.0k
Debtors£100.0k£100.0k
Net assets£80.1k£79.8k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-08-01
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    CADENHEAD, Lynne resigned
    director
  6. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-09
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2018-08-08
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    CADENHEAD, Lynne appointed
    director
  12. 2018-08-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2018-08-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2018-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2015-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As TAXI GAME LTD.
  19. 2015-01-13
    ➕
    CARROLL, Derek appointed
    director
  20. 2015-01-13
    ➕
    DRYSDALE, Gordon appointed
    director
  21. 2015-01-13
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, James 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 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32409 — SIC 32409

Registered office

5 Turnhouse Farm Road
Edinburgh
EH12 0AT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CARROLL, Derek→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-01-13
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Active
DRYSDALE, Gordon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-01-13
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Active
MCLAUGHLIN, James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-01-13
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Active
CADENHEAD, Lynne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-08-08 · resigned 2023-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-21