UNITED CAPITAL GROUP LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC550711 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.0y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
39 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.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,339,044

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£2.34M—
Average employees297—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-07-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-07-25
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    MCGILLVERY, Paul resigned
    director
  7. 2024-07-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-09-07
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    FUDGE, Sydney appointed
    director
  15. 2022-09-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-08-15
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    STURROCK, Kevan resigned
    director
  17. 2022-08-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2022-06-07
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    MCGILLVERY, Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2022-06-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-06-29
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    FUDGE, Sydney Robert resigned
    director
  23. 2021-06-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2020-05-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: David Weston as Security Trustee
  25. 2020-02-14
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    FUDGE, Sydney Robert appointed
    director
  26. 2020-02-14
    ➕
    STURROCK, Kevan appointed
    director
  27. 2016-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As UNITED CAPITAL GROUP LTD
  28. 2016-11-21
    ➕
    CARLING, Graeme Robert appointed
    director
  29. 2016-11-21
    ➕
    CARLING, Leanne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Leanne Carling
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/11/2016
Mr Graeme Robert Carling
Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-11-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

83 Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2ER
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CARLING, Graeme Robert→
director · ~52y · appointed 2016-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARLING, Leanne→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FUDGE, Sydney→
director · ~83y · appointed 2022-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FUDGE, Sydney Robert→
director · ~83y · appointed 2020-02-14 · resigned 2021-06-29
Resigned
MCGILLVERY, Paul→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-06-07 · resigned 2024-07-25
Resigned
STURROCK, Kevan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-02-14 · resigned 2022-08-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
David Weston as Security Trustee
A registered charge1 property14/05/202018/07/2025

Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-23