SIGMA-IO LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC744440 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-14

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 9 → 10

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 9 → 10

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

41202Construction of domestic buildings
62012Business and domestic software development
71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company 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: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + 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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

10 filings on record

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.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	100	-100	100

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-14
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Company incorporated
As SIGMA-IO LTD
2022-09-14
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MCRAE, Kenneth Jock appointed
director
2022-09-14
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RONALD, Brian appointed
director
2022-09-14
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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 Brian Ronald Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	14/09/2022
Mr Kenneth Jock Mcrae Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1991 · age 35	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	14/09/2022

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

Incorporated2022-09-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

41 Laird Street

Coatbridge

ML5 3LW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCRAE, Kenneth Jock→

director · ~35y · appointed 2022-09-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RONALD, Brian→

director · ~52y · appointed 2022-09-14

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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-26

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

accounts · AA

2025-02-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-25

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

address · AD01

2024-08-19

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

accounts · AA

2024-04-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-13

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

address · AD01

2023-06-29

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-09-14