YOUR SHORTLIST ORIGINAL LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC588174 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-08
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-188.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £188,070
Cash YoY
+40280%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£216k
↑ 40280% YoY
Net Worth
-£188k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£322k£67k£456k£845k£1.2m£1.6mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-188.1k£-322.4k
Current assets£1.62M£1.62M
Cash£216.0k£535
Debtors£1.40M£1.62M
Net assets£-188.1k£-322.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2025-11-05
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  4. 2025-09-02
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  5. 2025-09-02
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  6. 2025-09-02
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  7. 2025-08-05
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  8. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  9. 2024-12-18
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    GRAY, Lorraine appointed
    director
  10. 2024-12-18
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Brian George appointed
    director
  11. 2024-12-18
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Jamie appointed
    director
  12. 2024-12-18
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Sharon Edith Evelyn appointed
    director
  13. 2024-12-18
    ➖
    BYRNE, Patrick Michael resigned
    secretary
  14. 2024-12-18
    ➖
    BYRNE, Patrick Michael resigned
    director
  15. 2024-12-18
    ➖
    COPELAND, Robert resigned
    director
  16. 2024-12-18
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  17. 2024-12-18
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  18. 2024-12-18
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  19. 2024-12-18
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  20. 2024-12-18
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  21. 2024-12-18
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  22. 2024-12-18
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  23. 2024-12-18
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  24. 2024-12-18
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  25. 2024-12-17
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  26. 2024-07-22
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  27. 2023-08-31
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  28. 2023-08-10
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  29. 2023-07-31
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    BYRNE, Patrick Michael appointed
    secretary
  30. 2023-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  31. 2018-02-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As YOUR SHORTLIST ORIGINAL LIMITED
  32. 2018-02-08
    ➕
    BYRNE, Patrick Michael appointed
    director
  33. 2018-02-08
    ➕
    COPELAND, Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WILLIAMSON, Jamie (same surname) appointed 2024-12-18. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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.)

Group structure

Beech Haven Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Beech Haven Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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YOUR SHORTLIST ORIGINAL LIMITED
This company · SC588174

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
Beech Haven Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/12/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • 4icg Limitedceased 18/12/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Robert Copelandceased 01/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Patrick Michael Byrneceased 01/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2018-02-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Mclay, Mcalister & Mcgibbon Llp
145 St. Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5JF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GRAY, Lorraine→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Brian George→
director · ~70y · appointed 2024-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Jamie→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Sharon Edith Evelyn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYRNE, Patrick Michael→
secretary · appointed 2023-07-31 · resigned 2024-12-18
Resigned
BYRNE, Patrick Michael→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-02-08 · resigned 2024-12-18
Resigned
COPELAND, Robert→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-02-08 · resigned 2024-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-05
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC02
2025-09-02
second-filing-cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC07
2025-09-02
second-filing-cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC07
2025-09-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-18