MICROTECH SUPPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC253441 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-29
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 steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£728.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £727,952
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£947k
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£728k
↑ 267% YoY
Current Assets
£2.2m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£435k£870k£1.3m£1.7m£2.2mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£728.0k£198.6k
Current assets£2.17M£1.75M
Cash£947.5k£762.9k
Debtors£1.22M£976.2k
Net assets£728.0k£198.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-10-10
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-07-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  4. 2025-03-31
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    FERNANDO, Nicholas resigned
    director
  5. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-05-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2023-05-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-05-15
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-05-15
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-05-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2022-05-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-03-01
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    MATHEWSON, Paul Graeme appointed
    director
  16. 2022-03-01
    ➕
    YOUNG, Anne appointed
    director
  17. 2022-03-01
    ➕
    FERNANDO, Nicholas appointed
    director
  18. 2022-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-02-03
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  20. 2022-02-03
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  21. 2022-02-03
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  22. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  23. 2021-02-26
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  24. 2021-02-26
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  25. 2018-06-14
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    CAIRNS, Thomas resigned
    director
  26. 2010-04-22
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    MCMAIL, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  27. 2010-04-22
    ➖
    MCMAIL, Anne Mccallum resigned
    secretary
  28. 2010-04-22
    ➖
    MCMAIL, Anne Mccallum resigned
    director
  29. 2010-04-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Anne Mcmail
  30. 2008-06-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  31. 2004-07-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  32. 2004-04-12
    ➕
    CAIRNS, Thomas appointed
    director
  33. 2003-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As MICROTECH SUPPORT LIMITED
  34. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    MCMAIL, Christopher appointed
    director
  35. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    MCMAIL, Anne Mccallum appointed
    secretary
  36. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2003-07-29
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    MCMAIL, Anne Mccallum appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

Microtech Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Microtech Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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MICROTECH SUPPORT LIMITED
This company · SC253441

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Microtech Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Microtech Support Holdings Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

17-19 Hill Street
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA3 1HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

MCMAIL, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-22
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Active
MATHEWSON, Paul Graeme→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-03-01
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Active
MCMAIL, Christopher→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-07-29
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Active
YOUNG, Anne→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMAIL, Anne Mccallum→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2010-04-22
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned
CAIRNS, Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-04-12 · resigned 2018-06-14
Resigned
FERNANDO, Nicholas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-03-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
MCMAIL, Anne Mccallum→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2010-04-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Anne Mcmail
Floating charge1 property22/04/2010—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property12/07/200425/06/2008
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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-05-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02