III-V EPI LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC653570 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-04➖MCLAUGHLIN, William resigneddirector
- 2023-08-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-01➕MCKEE, Andrew, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-11-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-05-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-06-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-06-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2020-06-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs III-V EPI LIMITED
- 2020-02-05➕BEAUMONT, Steven Peter, Professor appointeddirector
- 2020-02-05➕MACGREGOR, Calum John appointeddirector
- 2020-02-05➕MCLAUGHLIN, William appointeddirector
- 2020-02-05📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
3 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Gas Sensing Solutions Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
🏛️significant stake
Sivers Photonics Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
🏛️significant stake
Gu Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
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III-V EPI LIMITED
This company · SC653570
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Gas Sensing Solutions Ltd Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/02/2020 |
Sivers Photonics Ltd Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/02/2020 |
Gu Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/02/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110
Registered office
No 11 The Square
University Avenue
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G12 8QQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BEAUMONT, Steven Peter, Professor→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2020-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACGREGOR, Calum John→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2020-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKEE, Andrew, Dr→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCLAUGHLIN, William→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-02-05 · resigned 2023-08-04
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Recent filings (21 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-05-28