CLYDE NETWORK TESTING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC748742 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-31

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£967

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities

Sector: Information & communication

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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £967

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£967

↑ 96600% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↑ 1627000% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£967	£1
Current assets	£16.3k	£1
Net assets	£967	£1

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

2025-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-01
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KILPATRICK, Barry appointed
director
2022-10-31
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Company incorporated
As CLYDE NETWORK TESTING LTD
2022-10-31
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O'NEIL, Stephen appointed
director
2022-10-31
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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
Stephen O'Neil Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1977 · age 49	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/10/2022

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

Incorporated2022-10-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

15b Glenhead Road

Clydebank

West Dunbartonshire

G81 3RX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KILPATRICK, Barry→

director · ~47y · appointed 2024-07-01

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Active

O'NEIL, Stephen→

director · ~49y · appointed 2022-10-31

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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-23

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

officers · AP01

2024-07-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-18

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-10-31