POCKET SIZED HANDS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC557798 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Publishing of computer games
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62011Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
- 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1600 | 1600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-14📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-16🏢Company incorporatedAs POCKET SIZED HANDS LIMITED
- 2017-02-16➕MCCARTAN, Gary Robert David appointeddirector
- 2017-02-16➕THOMSON, Rory Ewan appointeddirector
- 2017-02-16➕YEATS, Alan Gordon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Gary Robert David Mccartan Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/02/2017 |
Mr Alan Gordon Yeats Individual · British · DOB 03/1996 · age 30 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/02/2017 |
Rory Thomson Individual · British · DOB 11/1996 · age 30 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58210 — Publishing of computer games
Registered office
Suite 2-1 (West) Seagate House
132 - 134 Seagate
Dundee
DD1 2HB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MCCARTAN, Gary Robert David→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2017-02-16
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THOMSON, Rory Ewan→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2017-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YEATS, Alan Gordon→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2017-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-03
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-28