COLLEGIUM SERVICES
🌿Early-stageactive
SC720859 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2022-01-25
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62020Information technology consultancy activities
- 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
- 63120Web portals
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 4 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
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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 | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-02-09➕WOOTTON, Richard, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-02-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-04✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-02-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-02-04✏️change-of-name-exemptionchange-of-name · NE01
- 2022-02-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-25🏢Company incorporatedAs COLLEGIUM SERVICES
- 2022-01-25➕O'KANE, Barry appointeddirector
- 2022-01-25📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Richard Wootton Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76 | — | 25–50% | board control25-50% voting · board control | 09/02/2022 |
Mr Barry O'Kane Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51 | — | 25–50% | board control25-50% voting · board control | 25/01/2022 |
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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2022-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
Clyde Offices, 2nd Floor
48 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
O'KANE, Barry→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOOTTON, Richard, Dr→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2022-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (17 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-02-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-04
change-of-name-exemption
change-of-name · NE01
2022-02-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-04