IPONA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC174002 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-02

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£12.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 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

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 £12,084

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↑ 52% YoY

Current Assets

£18k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£12.1k	£8.0k
Current assets	£18.1k	£14.6k
Net assets	£12.1k	£8.0k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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2024-10-21
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2023-12-19
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2022-11-28
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2021-12-14
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2020-12-21
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accounts · AA
2020-02-06
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SUSSMAN, Gillian appointed
director
2020-02-06
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officers · AP01
2019-12-04
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accounts · AA
2018-11-20
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2017-12-12
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2016-12-12
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accounts · AA
2016-04-10
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2015-12-03
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2015-04-17
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2014-12-15
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1997-07-04
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SUSSMAN, Susan appointed
secretary
1997-07-04
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SUSSMAN, David Mark appointed
director
1997-07-04
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HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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1997-07-04
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HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED resigned
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1997-04-02
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Company incorporated
As IPONA LIMITED
1997-04-02
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HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-04-02
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HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Mr David Mark Sussman Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1997-04-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

4th Floor 115 George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4JN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SUSSMAN, Susan→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-04

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Active

SUSSMAN, David Mark→

director · ~60y · appointed 1997-07-04

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Active

SUSSMAN, Gillian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-02-06

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Active

HBJ SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 1997-07-04

Resigned

HENDERSON BOYD JACKSON LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 1997-07-04

Resigned

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