COMPASS GEOGRAPHICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC226604 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-27
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-03-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-07-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-08-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-31
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2001-12-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COMPASS GEOGRAPHICS LIMITED
  17. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    KEITH, Gavin Taylor appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    KEITH, Gavin Taylor appointed
    director
  19. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    KEITH, Pauline appointed
    director
  20. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-12-27
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gavin Taylor Keith
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Technology · FK postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
CENTRAL SIMULATIONS LTD→
SC880280 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
COUNTEE LTD→
SC856666 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
CROWDSURF NETWORK SERVICES LTD→
SC740606 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
CS SOFTWARE SERVICES LTD→
SC511138 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
————10y——
DBA SOFTWARE LIMITED→
SC399585 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————14y——
DESTINY PRODUCTIONS LTD→
SC692621 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
DIGIFAV TECHNOLOGIES LTD→
SC878656 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
DIGITAL IS US LTD→
SC867287 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
DIGITIZE GLOBAL LTD→
SC847042 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
DIMENSIONALISE LIMITED→
SC768070 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
DIVEX CONSULT LIMITED→
SC826509 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
DJCOMS LIMITED→
SC430071 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
————13y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-12-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

29 Allan Walk
Bridge Of Allan
Stirling
FK9 4PD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

KEITH, Gavin Taylor→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEITH, Gavin Taylor→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEITH, Pauline→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2001-12-27
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-26