WRAITH UK INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC745206 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-23
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1000

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-06-09
    ➕
    MCILWRAITH, Kurtis Mathurin appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-08-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-04-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2024-04-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-11-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2023-11-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2022-09-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WRAITH UK INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  16. 2022-09-23
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2022-09-23
    ➕
    MCILWRAITH, Elaine Clare appointed
    director
  18. 2022-09-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCILWRAITH, Kurtis Mathurin (same surname) appointed 2025-06-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Elaine Clare Mcilwraith
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/09/2022

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
Incorporated2022-09-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2022-09-23
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Active
MCILWRAITH, Elaine Clare→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-09-23
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Active
MCILWRAITH, Kurtis Mathurin→
director · ~22y · appointed 2025-06-09
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25