SLA LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC727748 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-28
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 Mar 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
52/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Admin-neglect survivor. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 52/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: family or management succession (50/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
52/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
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£0Mar 2023Mar 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-312023-03-31
Average employees200200

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.

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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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-06-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SLA LIMITED
  6. 2022-03-28
    ROBERTSON, Laura appointed
    director
  7. 2022-03-28
    ROBERTSON, Steven Dallas appointed
    director
  8. 2022-03-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-10

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Dallas Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/03/2022

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
Incorporated2022-03-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

59 Bonnygate
Cupar
Fife
KY15 4BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Laura
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-03-28
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Active
ROBERTSON, Steven Dallas
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-03-28
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-28