AQUILA INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC669267 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-29

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

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-01
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SPEED, Daniel appointed
director
2025-12-18
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-01
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SINCLAIR, Robert John resigned
director
2025-03-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-01
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DUNN, Allan appointed
director
2025-02-28
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PATTERSON, Lauren Katherine Stewart resigned
director
2024-07-31
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-03
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-07-02
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-31
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-31
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-10-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-20
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MCGHEE, Thomas Ross resigned
director
2023-10-20
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PATTERSON, Lauren Katherine Stewart appointed
director
2023-10-20
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SINCLAIR, Robert John appointed
director
2020-07-29
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Company incorporated
As AQUILA INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS LTD
2020-07-29
➕
MCGHEE, Thomas Ross appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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.)

Group structure

Clover Bidco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Clover Bidco Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AQUILA INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS LTD

This company · SC669267

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Clover Bidco Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/10/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Michael John Drummond Johnstonceased 20/10/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Thomas Ross Mcgheeceased 20/10/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2020-07-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

C/O Altia Solutions Limited Tay House

300 Bath Street

Glasgow

G2 4JR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DUNN, Allan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2025-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SPEED, Daniel→

director · ~51y · appointed 2026-02-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCGHEE, Thomas Ross→

director · ~61y · appointed 2020-07-29 · resigned 2023-10-20

Resigned

PATTERSON, Lauren Katherine Stewart→

director · ~50y · appointed 2023-10-20 · resigned 2025-02-28

Resigned

SINCLAIR, Robert John→

director · ~41y · appointed 2023-10-20 · resigned 2025-09-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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

officers · AP01

2026-02-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-02-12

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-12-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-31

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2025-09-25

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

officers · TM01

2025-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-04

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

officers · AP01

2025-03-26

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

officers · TM01

2025-03-13

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2024-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-07-16

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-07-03