START CODON (CARRY GENERAL PARTNER) LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC628762 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-26
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
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
26 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-30
Average employees200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-01-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-01-25
    ➕
    RICHARDS, Nicholas Bryn appointed
    director
  8. 2025-01-25
    ➕
    SPRAWSON, Robert Timothy appointed
    director
  9. 2025-01-25
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Andrew James appointed
    director
  10. 2025-01-25
    ➖
    MELLAD, Jason Alexander, Dr resigned
    director
  11. 2025-01-25
    ➖
    ROOKE, Daniel Edward resigned
    director
  12. 2024-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-04-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  15. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-05-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2022-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2022-01-24
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  20. 2021-12-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-01-31
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  24. 2019-04-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As START CODON (CARRY GENERAL PARTNER) LTD
  25. 2019-04-26
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2019-04-26
    ➕
    MELLAD, Jason Alexander, Dr appointed
    director
  27. 2019-04-26
    ➕
    ROOKE, Daniel Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

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

Group structure

Start Codon Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Start Codon Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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START CODON (CARRY GENERAL PARTNER) LTD
This company · SC628762

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Start Codon Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/04/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDS, Nicholas Bryn→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPRAWSON, Robert Timothy→
director · ~56y · appointed 2025-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Andrew James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MELLAD, Jason Alexander, Dr→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-04-26 · resigned 2025-01-25
Resigned
ROOKE, Daniel Edward→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-04-26 · resigned 2025-01-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-09