SHADOW DETECT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC630125 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-10

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 May 2025

Net worth

£374.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £374,218

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£374k

↑ 21% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£374.2k	£308.8k
Net assets	£374.2k	£308.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-24
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CHAUHDRY, Qamar Yusuf appointed
director
2023-05-24
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HIGGINS, Gordon Forrest resigned
director
2023-05-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-24
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-22
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MITCHELL, Jonathan resigned
director
2023-05-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-23
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-02-10
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REID, Ian appointed
secretary
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
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REID, Ian resigned
secretary
2022-09-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-30
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-08-29
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REID, Ian appointed
secretary
2022-08-04
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-07-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-20
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-16
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-16
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-06
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-23
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POORAN, Rickey Monieram appointed
director
2020-10-01
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MITCHELL, Jonathan appointed
director
2019-05-10
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Company incorporated
As SHADOW DETECT LTD
2019-05-10
➕
HIGGINS, Gordon Forrest appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-05-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Ardluing

Kilmun

Dunoon

PA23 8RY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-19

Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

REID, Ian→

secretary · appointed 2023-02-10

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Active

CHAUHDRY, Qamar Yusuf→

director · ~60y · appointed 2023-05-24

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Active

POORAN, Rickey Monieram→

director · ~66y · appointed 2022-05-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REID, Ian→

secretary · appointed 2022-08-29 · resigned 2022-09-05

Resigned

HIGGINS, Gordon Forrest→

director · ~49y · appointed 2019-05-10 · resigned 2023-05-24

Resigned

MITCHELL, Jonathan→

director · ~45y · appointed 2020-10-01 · resigned 2023-05-22

Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-02-06

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-05-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-24

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP04CS01

2023-05-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-09

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-02-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-16

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-09-05

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2022-08-30