CADENCE BPO LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC707452 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-23
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of call centres
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-24
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-05-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2021-11-12
    DOUGAN, John appointed
    director
  7. 2021-11-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-08-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CADENCE BPO LIMITED
  9. 2021-08-23
    MACLENNAN, Malcolm appointed
    director
  10. 2021-08-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Dougan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/11/2021
Mr Malcolm Maclennan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
2550%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/08/2021

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
Incorporated2021-08-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82200 — Activities of call centres

Registered office

34 Quadrant Road
Glasgow
G43 2QR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DOUGAN, John
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-11-12
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Active
MACLENNAN, Malcolm
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-08-23
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-08-23