YPEOPLE LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC722423 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
18 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-25➕COWIE, Robert appointeddirector
- 2024-07-25➖TAYLOR, Philip resigneddirector
- 2023-11-24➕JONES, Shelby appointedsecretary
- 2023-11-24➖FEE, Peter Francis resignedsecretary
- 2023-11-24📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-11-24📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-11-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-07-17📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-07-17📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-04-27➕FEE, Peter Francis appointedsecretary
- 2023-04-27➖MCGOWAN, Sharon resignedsecretary
- 2022-04-01✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-04-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs YPEOPLE LIMITED
- 2022-02-08➕TAYLOR BIRD, Elizabeth Reid appointeddirector
- 2022-02-08➕MCGOWAN, Sharon appointedsecretary
- 2022-02-08➕TAYLOR, Philip appointeddirector
- 2022-02-08📄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 71 — 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 71 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.)
Group structure
Right There is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Right There
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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YPEOPLE LIMITED
This company · SC722423
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 |
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Right There Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/02/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-02-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
15 Dava Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G51 2JA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
COWIE, Robert→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2024-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR BIRD, Elizabeth Reid→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2022-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FEE, Peter Francis→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2023-04-27 · resigned 2023-11-24
MCGOWAN, Sharon→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2022-02-08 · resigned 2023-04-27
TAYLOR, Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2022-02-08 · resigned 2024-07-25
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Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-11-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-11-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-10-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21