ALICAT SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC624334 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-13
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.5 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-062023-09-30
Average employees200100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-01-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2025-11-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  6. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-06-21
    ➕
    HOGG, James Mcgeary appointed
    director
  10. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-06-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ALICAT SERVICES LTD
  16. 2019-03-13
    ➕
    HOGG, Catherine Helen appointed
    director
  17. 2019-03-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +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 signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Mcgeary Hogg
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/11/2025
Mrs Catherine Helen Hogg
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/03/2019

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
Incorporated2019-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Valentine Court
Dunsinane Industrial Estate
Dundee
DD2 3QB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-06
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOGG, Catherine Helen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-03-13
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Active
HOGG, James Mcgeary→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-06-21
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—14/11/2025—
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-12-16