AUTOSCALE HQ LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC844141 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-06
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: workable → clean
  • · PSC count: 1 → 2
  • · Filings: 3 → 5
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • Deal-killer verdict: workableclean
  • PSC count: 12
  • Filings: 35
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 73110Advertising agencies
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
    NWAGBARA, Chiemela Obijuru appointed
    director
  2. 2026-05-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-05-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-09-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTOSCALE HQ LTD
  6. 2025-04-06
    ADU, Damilola Sarah appointed
    director
  7. 2025-04-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Damilola Sarah Adu
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2025
Mr Chiemela Obijuru Nwagbara
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
2550%
25-50% shares13/05/2026

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
Incorporated2025-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

29 Durward Rise
Livingston
EH54 6HU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ADU, Damilola Sarah
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-04-06
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NWAGBARA, Chiemela Obijuru
director · ~57y · appointed 2026-05-13
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Recent filings (5 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-06