METER EYE LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC294491 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-14

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£30

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £30

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£30

~ YoY

Current Assets

£15

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£30	£30
Current assets	£15	£15
Net assets	£30	£30

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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2025-06-03
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2024-02-13
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2023-09-04
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accounts · AA
2022-04-12
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accounts · AA
2021-06-01
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accounts · AA
2020-11-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-10-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-30
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officers · AP01
2020-10-30
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officers · AP01
2020-10-27
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BARR, Ian Jeffrey appointed
director
2020-10-27
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SUTHERLAND, Stephen appointed
director
2020-01-08
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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officers · CH01
2019-03-04
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accounts · AA
2018-04-09
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accounts · AA
2017-05-15
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accounts · AA
2009-09-22
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BRENNAN, Anne resigned
secretary
2005-12-14
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Company incorporated
As METER EYE LTD
2005-12-14
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HAMILTON, James appointed
director
2005-12-14
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BRENNAN, Anne appointed
secretary
2005-12-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-12-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2005-12-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-12-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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7 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

Incorporated2005-12-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Glasgow Road

Paisley

PA1 3QS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BARR, Ian Jeffrey→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-10-27

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Active

HAMILTON, James→

director · ~76y · appointed 2005-12-14

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Active

SUTHERLAND, Stephen→

director · ~47y · appointed 2020-10-27

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Active

BRENNAN, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2005-12-14 · resigned 2009-09-22

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-14 · resigned 2005-12-14

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-14 · resigned 2005-12-14

Resigned

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