CHOICE MANAGED SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC515753 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-16
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
24 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2022-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2015-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CHOICE MANAGED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  15. 2015-09-16
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    ELLIS, John appointed
    director
  16. 2015-09-16
    ➕
    SMITH, Andrew Thomas appointed
    director
  17. 2015-09-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 John Ellis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-09-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Axwel House
2 Westerton Road
Broxburn
EH52 5AU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ELLIS, John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-09-16
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Active
SMITH, Andrew Thomas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-09-16
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-19