SAPIENTER LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC732359 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-13

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 May 2025

Net worth

£-19.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

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 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

8 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

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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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £19,122

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£19k

↓ 75% YoY

Current Assets

£671

↑ 8288% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-18.9k	£-10.9k
Current assets	£671	£8
Net assets	£-19.1k	£-10.9k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
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Company incorporated
As SAPIENTER LIMITED
2022-05-13
➕
DAVIDSON, Iain James appointed
director
2022-05-13
➕
EDGINGTON, Johannes Nicholas Harfield appointed
director
2022-05-13
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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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Johannes Nicholas Harfield Edgington Individual · Dutch · DOB 04/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/05/2022
Mr Iain James Davidson Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/05/2022

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

Incorporated2022-05-13

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

21 West Port

Linlithgow

EH49 7AY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-26

Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIDSON, Iain James→

director · ~40y · appointed 2022-05-13

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Active

EDGINGTON, Johannes Nicholas Harfield→

director · ~45y · appointed 2022-05-13

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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-11-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-31

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-05-13