SENES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC670981 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-17

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-39.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £39,424

Cash YoY

+34%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£947

↑ 34% YoY

Net Worth

-£39k

↓ 232% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 90% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-39.4k	£-11.9k
Current assets	£6.4k	£3.4k
Cash	£947	£708
Debtors	£5.5k	£2.7k
Net assets	£-39.4k	£-11.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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accounts · AA
2022-11-01
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accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-05-19
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capital · SH01
2021-05-19
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capital · SH01
2021-05-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-24
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-03-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-15
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officers · CH01
2021-03-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-15
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address · AD01
2021-03-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-17
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Company incorporated
As SENES LIMITED
2020-08-17
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WILSON, Natalia appointed
director
2020-08-17
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WILSON, Stephen Alexander appointed
director
2020-08-17
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Natalia Wilson Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/08/2020
Mr Stephen Alexander Wilson Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/08/2020

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2020-08-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Flat 13, 12 Simpson Loan

Edinburgh

Lothian

EH3 9GP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-07

Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILSON, Natalia→

director · ~54y · appointed 2020-08-17

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WILSON, Stephen Alexander→

director · ~56y · appointed 2020-08-17

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