SB SQUARED SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC626487 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-02
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
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 86220Specialist medical practice activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-08
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-12-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2021-07-05
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    BIRRELL, Shona appointed
    director
  17. 2021-07-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-03-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As SB SQUARED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  21. 2019-04-02
    ➕
    BIRRELL, Steven Andrew, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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
Shona Birrell
Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/04/2019
Dr Steven Andrew Birrell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/04/2019

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
Incorporated2019-04-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

123 Irish Street
Dumfries
DG1 2PE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BIRRELL, Shona→
director · ~45y · appointed 2021-07-05
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Active
BIRRELL, Steven Andrew, Dr→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-04-02
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12