ILOSTA LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC620068 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-04
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
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£144.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
31 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £144,930
Cash YoY
+2002%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£180k
↑ 2002% YoY
Net Worth
£145k
Current Assets
£242k
↑ 158% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £181.1k | £14.2k |
| Current assets | £241.6k | £93.8k |
| Cash | £179.5k | £8.5k |
| Debtors | £62.1k | £85.3k |
| Net assets | £144.9k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-10-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-04-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-01-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-01-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-01-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-01➕PERKINS, Howard appointeddirector
- 2023-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-05-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ILOSTA LTD
- 2019-02-04➕KHAYATZADEH, Saber, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Saber Khayatzadeh Individual · British · DOB 08/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/02/2019 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-02-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
Tontine Offices
20 Trongate
Glasgow
G1 5ES
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
KHAYATZADEH, Saber, Dr→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2019-02-04
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PERKINS, Howard→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2023-12-01
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Recent filings (31 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-04-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-09