EPOD SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC525757 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-02
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees—400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-17
    ➕
    ROY, Jade appointed
    secretary
  4. 2024-12-17
    ➖
    ROY, Jade resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-12-17
    ➖
    HEARNS, Katherine resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-12-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-12-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2024-10-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-10-04
    ➖
    BROOM, Alastair Scott resigned
    director
  11. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-02-01
    ➕
    HEARNS, Katherine appointed
    director
  15. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-02-05
    ➖
    HODGSON, David resigned
    director
  21. 2019-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2018-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2016-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As EPOD SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  25. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    MCCREADIE, Colin appointed
    director
  26. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    MCCREADIE, William appointed
    director
  27. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    BROOM, Alastair Scott appointed
    director
  28. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    HODGSON, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Epod Solutions Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Epod Solutions Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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EPOD SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · SC525757

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Epod Solutions Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Verdant
2 Redheughs Rigg
Edinburgh
EH12 9DQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MCCREADIE, Colin→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCREADIE, William→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROY, Jade→
secretary · appointed 2024-12-17 · resigned 2024-12-17
Resigned
BROOM, Alastair Scott→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2024-10-04
Resigned
HEARNS, Katherine→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-02-01 · resigned 2024-12-17
Resigned
HODGSON, David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2019-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-12-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17