FINTECC LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC796399 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-24
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£3.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,118
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3k
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.1k |
| Current assets | £18.5k |
| Cash | £3.1k |
| Debtors | £15.4k |
| Net assets | £3.1k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-14📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-24🏢Company incorporatedAs FINTECC LTD
- 2024-01-24➕FINLAYSON, James Carl appointeddirector
- 2024-01-24➕FINLAYSON, John Ronald Sinclair appointeddirector
- 2024-01-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 James Carl Finlayson Individual · British · DOB 01/1992 · age 34 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 24/01/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Ronald Sinclair Finlaysonceased 01/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Borrowstone House Kincardine O'Neil
Aboyne
Aberdeenshire
AB34 5AP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FINLAYSON, James Carl→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2024-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FINLAYSON, John Ronald Sinclair→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2024-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (7 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-14
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-24