CAIYSTANE IT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC254752 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-26

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£1.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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

60 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 £1,700

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↑ 57% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£2.8k	£2.6k
Current assets	£9.7k	£6.2k
Net assets	£1.7k	£1.5k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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2025-01-12
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accounts · AA
2024-01-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-20
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accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-09
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officers · CH01
2020-12-09
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officers · CH01
2020-12-09
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address · AD01
2020-12-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-15
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accounts · AA
2018-09-18
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address · AD01
2018-05-31
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accounts · AA
2017-09-29
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address · AD01
2003-09-01
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FERGUSON, Joyce Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2003-09-01
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FERGUSON, John Watson appointed
director
2003-09-01
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FERGUSON, Joyce Elizabeth appointed
director
2003-08-28
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2003-08-28
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2003-08-26
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Company incorporated
As CAIYSTANE IT SERVICES LIMITED
2003-08-26
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-26
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Watson Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2003-08-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Flat 5 8 Appin Place

Edinburgh

EH14 1NJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-09

Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FERGUSON, Joyce Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-01

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Active

FERGUSON, John Watson→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-09-01

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Active

FERGUSON, Joyce Elizabeth→

director · ~71y · appointed 2003-09-01

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-26 · resigned 2003-08-28

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-26 · resigned 2003-08-28

Resigned

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