STEPPS SERVICES LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC735581 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-15

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 Jun 2024

Net worth

£52.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

7 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £52,276

Cash YoY

-12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£35k

↓ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£52k

↑ 259% YoY

Current Assets

£36k

↓ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Total assets	£52.3k	£14.6k
Current assets	£36.1k	£46.9k
Cash	£35.2k	£40.3k
Debtors	£826	£6.6k
Net assets	£52.3k	£14.6k

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand

2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-01
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SCOTT, Pamela appointed
director
2022-06-15
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Company incorporated
As STEPPS SERVICES LIMITED
2022-06-15
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ARCHIBALD, Richard appointed
director
2022-06-15
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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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Archibald Individual · British · DOB 04/1990 · age 36	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	15/06/2022

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

Incorporated2022-06-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Garnkirk Lane

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G33 6BD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ARCHIBALD, Richard→

director · ~36y · appointed 2022-06-15

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Active

SCOTT, Pamela→

director · ~34y · appointed 2022-11-01

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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-27

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-11-18

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-06-15