SOFTWORX LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC553664 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-04
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
£119.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £119,655
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£325k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£120k
↑ 550% YoY
Current Assets
£2.3m
↑ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £119.7k | £29.4k |
| Current assets | £2.33M | £1.62M |
| Cash | £325.0k | £265.5k |
| Debtors | £2.01M | £1.35M |
| Net assets | £119.7k | £18.4k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-12-12➕SMILLIE, Fiona Kirsten appointeddirector
- 2017-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-05-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-05-15➕DUFFY, Aidan appointeddirector
- 2017-01-04🏢Company incorporatedAs SOFTWORX LIMITED
- 2017-01-04➕SMILLIE, Alan David appointeddirector
- 2017-01-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan David Smillie Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-01-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
Pavillion 2 The Approach
Parkway Court, Glasgow Business Park
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G69 6GA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
DUFFY, Aidan→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2017-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMILLIE, Alan David→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2017-01-04
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SMILLIE, Fiona Kirsten→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2017-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 19/03/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18