VECTOR PHOTONICS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC657341 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-13

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	13	1900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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RICKETTS, Neill Gareth resigned
director
2026-04-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
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RICKETTS, Neill Gareth appointed
director
2025-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-12-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-02
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-11
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-10
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MARTIN, Neil Paul resigned
director
2024-01-25
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-01-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-25
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-25
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-01-24
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-11
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MELDRUM, Adrian Gilmour resigned
director
2023-04-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-30
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SAGAIDACHNA, Anastasiia appointed
director
2023-03-30
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YOST, William Joseph resigned
director
2023-02-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-26
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MELDRUM, Adrian Gilmour appointed
director
2023-01-24
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MCCLINTOCK, Susannah Jane appointed
director
2021-04-05
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PRATT, David Charles Newall appointed
director
2021-04-05
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YOST, William Joseph appointed
director
2020-03-13
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Company incorporated
As VECTOR PHOTONICS LIMITED
2020-03-13
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BEAUMONT, Steven Peter appointed
director
2020-03-13
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TAYLOR, Richard, Dr appointed
director
2020-03-13
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MARTIN, Neil Paul appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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

clean

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

Group structure

Foresight Group Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

Foresight Group Llp

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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VECTOR PHOTONICS LIMITED

This company · SC657341

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Foresight Group Llp Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest	23/01/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Gu Holdings Limitedceased 05/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Dr Richard Taylorceased 05/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2020-03-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110

Registered office

4.05, Kelvin Campus West Of Scotland Science Park

Maryhill Road

Glasgow

G20 0SP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12