NOTKUP LTD.

🌱Startupactive
SC828565 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2024-11-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
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: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-05
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-10-05
    PACE, Ralph James resigned
    director
  6. 2025-10-05
    RAHTZ, John Quentin resigned
    director
  7. 2025-10-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-10-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-11-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NOTKUP LTD.
  10. 2024-11-11
    BUGLASS, Simpson appointed
    secretary
  11. 2024-11-11
    BUGLASS, Simpson appointed
    director
  12. 2024-11-11
    SMITH, Fraser William appointed
    director
  13. 2024-11-11
    WADE, Brian Nigel appointed
    director
  14. 2024-11-11
    PACE, Ralph James appointed
    director
  15. 2024-11-11
    RAHTZ, John Quentin appointed
    director
  16. 2024-11-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: PACE, Ralph James resigned 2025-10-05; RAHTZ, John Quentin resigned 2025-10-05

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2024-11-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Schoolhill House Cullerlie
Echt
Westhill
Aberdeenshire
AB32 6XP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BUGLASS, Simpson
secretary · appointed 2024-11-11
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Active
BUGLASS, Simpson
director · ~74y · appointed 2024-11-11
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Active
SMITH, Fraser William
director · ~75y · appointed 2024-11-11
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Active
WADE, Brian Nigel
director · ~68y · appointed 2024-11-11
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Active
PACE, Ralph James
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-11-11 · resigned 2025-10-05
Resigned
RAHTZ, John Quentin
director · ~79y · appointed 2024-11-11 · resigned 2025-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-11