ANTIBODY ANALYTICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC520998 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-24
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 closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → ready
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.
- ↑Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → ready
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.9y
80/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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
95
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £577,371
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £577.4k | £-696.5k | — |
| Total assets | — | — | £8.61M |
| Current assets | — | — | £7.24M |
| Cash | — | — | £6.27M |
| Debtors | — | — | £846.5k |
| Net assets | — | — | £1.19M |
| Average employees | 108 | 10100 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-03➕MCDONALD, Alan Thomas appointeddirector
- 2023-12-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-27📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-11-27📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-11-27📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-11-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-11-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-09-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-partmortgage · MR04
- 2023-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-06🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Scottish Enterprise
- 2022-09-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Scottish Enterprise
- 2020-08-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-08-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Scottish Enterprise
- 2019-05-08➖BARON, Andrew Wiliam, Dr resigneddirector
- 2016-01-11➕UPSALL, Andrew Richard appointeddirector
- 2016-01-11➕BARON, Andrew Wiliam, Dr appointeddirector
- 2015-11-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ANTIBODY ANALYTICS LIMITED
- 2015-11-24➕DOWNIE, Michahaila Julia appointeddirector
- 2015-11-24➕COSEC LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-11-24➖COSEC LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-11-24➕MCMEEKIN, James Stuart appointeddirector
- 2015-11-24➖MCMEEKIN, James Stuart resigneddirector
- 2015-11-24➕COSEC LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2015-11-24➖COSEC LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
35/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Project Steel Acquireco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Project Steel Acquireco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ANTIBODY ANALYTICS LIMITED
This company · SC520998
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Project Steel Acquireco Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 12/10/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Miss Michahaila Julia Downieceased 12/10/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Andrew Richard Upsallceased 12/10/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Rouken Discovery Centre
Braidhurst Industrial Estate
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
ML1 3ST
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
DOWNIE, Michahaila Julia→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2015-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONALD, Alan Thomas→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
UPSALL, Andrew Richard→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2016-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COSEC LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2015-11-24 · resigned 2015-11-24
BARON, Andrew Wiliam, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2016-01-11 · resigned 2019-05-08
MCMEEKIN, James Stuart→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2015-11-24 · resigned 2015-11-24
COSEC LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2015-11-24 · resigned 2015-11-24
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| part-satisfied | Scottish Enterprise | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/09/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Scottish Enterprise | A registered charge | — | 02/09/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 11/08/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Scottish Enterprise | A registered charge | — | 07/08/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (76 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-11-27
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-11-27