MICROBIRA LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC621160 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£679.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
42 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £679,339
Cash YoY
+94%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£300k
↑ 94% YoY
Net Worth
£679k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£662k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£136k£272k£408k£543k£679kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£679.3k£524.5k
Current assets£661.6k£391.3k
Cash£299.8k£154.4k
Debtors£361.8k£236.9k
Net assets£679.3k£524.5k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-12-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-11-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-04
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2022-03-03
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-10
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2020-11-01
    ➕
    HOLLERAN, Mark John Gerard appointed
    secretary
  15. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  17. 2020-09-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2020-09-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-09-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-09-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-08-05
    ➕
    GRAY, Ian James appointed
    director
  22. 2020-08-05
    ➕
    NIMMO, Walter Sneddon, Professor appointed
    director
  23. 2020-08-05
    ➖
    ISMAIL, Adel resigned
    director
  24. 2020-02-18
    ➖
    ISMAIL, Salwa Abdelmoneim resigned
    director
  25. 2020-02-18
    ➖
    SEDMAN, Jacqueline Anne resigned
    director
  26. 2019-07-23
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Adel appointed
    director
  27. 2019-07-23
    ➖
    ISMAIL, Ashraf Abdelmoneim, Dr resigned
    director
  28. 2019-02-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MICROBIRA LIMITED
  29. 2019-02-13
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Marianne Laing appointed
    director
  30. 2019-02-13
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Ashraf Abdelmoneim, Dr appointed
    director
  31. 2019-02-13
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Salwa Abdelmoneim appointed
    director
  32. 2019-02-13
    ➕
    SEDMAN, Jacqueline Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
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 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-02-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

26 First Floor
26 Howe Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6TG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

HOLLERAN, Mark John Gerard→
secretary · appointed 2020-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAY, Ian James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ISMAIL, Marianne Laing→
director · ~74y · appointed 2019-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NIMMO, Walter Sneddon, Professor→
director · ~79y · appointed 2020-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ISMAIL, Adel→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-07-23 · resigned 2020-08-05
Resigned
ISMAIL, Ashraf Abdelmoneim, Dr→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-02-13 · resigned 2019-07-23
Resigned
ISMAIL, Salwa Abdelmoneim→
director · ~74y · appointed 2019-02-13 · resigned 2020-02-18
Resigned
SEDMAN, Jacqueline Anne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2019-02-13 · resigned 2020-02-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-03-04