CITA ENGINEERING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC627959 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-17
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-26.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
  • 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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, 4 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £26,577
Cash YoY
+3514%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↑ 3514% YoY
Net Worth
-£27k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 223% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£37k-£24k-£12k£934£13k£26kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£11.6k£5.6k
Current assets£26.0k£8.1k
Cash£25.6k£709
Debtors£405£7.3k
Net assets£-26.6k£-36.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-08
    OCRAN, Josiah appointed
    director
  5. 2025-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-09-29
    OWUSU NAB, Joseph appointed
    director
  12. 2020-09-29
    TSYOKPOH, Tina resigned
    director
  13. 2020-09-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-09-29
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2020-09-29
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2020-09-29
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-09-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-01-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CITA ENGINEERING LTD
  20. 2019-04-17
    TSYOKPOH, Tina appointed
    director
  21. 2019-04-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

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

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Owusu Nab
Individual · Finnish,Ghanaian · DOB 04/1981 · age 45
75100%
75-100% shares · firm interest29/09/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Tina Tsyokpohceased 29/09/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2019-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Howe Moss Howe Moss Drive
Dyce
Aberdeen
AB21 0GL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last: 2025-04-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

OCRAN, Josiah
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-03-08
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Active
OWUSU NAB, Joseph
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-09-29
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Active
TSYOKPOH, Tina
director · ~40y · appointed 2019-04-17 · resigned 2020-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-29