UNION CONNECT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC314869 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-18

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 33/100 — 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	800	1000

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-10-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-29
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BATEY, Ian Daniel appointed
director
2025-05-29
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CAMPBELL MAIR, Emma appointed
director
2025-05-29
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KILLOUGH, Louise appointed
director
2025-05-29
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LINDSAY, Andrew Charles resigned
director
2025-05-29
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MCATEER, Ian Henderson resigned
director
2025-05-29
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REID, Mark Thomas resigned
director
2025-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
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capital · SH02
2023-02-17
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-02-17
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-02-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-17
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capital · RP04SH01
2023-01-27
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-19
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-01-19
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capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2021-08-17
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BLAIR, Heather Margaret appointed
director
2021-08-17
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HART, Michael appointed
director
2020-09-24
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BLAIR, Heather Margaret appointed
secretary
2020-09-24
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REID, Mark Thomas resigned
secretary
2018-04-16
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HARDIE, Kyle George resigned
director
2008-10-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2007-05-15
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REID, Mark Thomas appointed
secretary
2007-05-15
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ANDERSON STRATHERN resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-05-15
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BROWN, Simon Thomas David resigned
director
2007-05-15
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LINDSAY, Andrew Charles appointed
director
2007-05-15
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MACLEAN, Robert William resigned
director
2007-05-15
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MCATEER, Ian Henderson appointed
director
2007-05-15
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REID, Mark Thomas appointed
director
2007-04-23
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HARDIE, Kyle George appointed
director
2007-01-18
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Company incorporated
As UNION CONNECT LIMITED
2007-01-18
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ANDERSON STRATHERN appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-01-18
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BROWN, Simon Thomas David appointed
director
2007-01-18
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MACLEAN, Robert William appointed
director

Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: LINDSAY, Andrew Charles resigned 2025-05-29; MCATEER, Ian Henderson resigned 2025-05-29; REID, Mark Thomas resigned 2025-05-29

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Union Group Eot Limited

Corporate parent

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Agents Of Change (Scotland) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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UNION CONNECT LIMITED

This company · SC314869

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Agents Of Change (Scotland) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2023
Union Group Eot Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	29/05/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Henderson Mcateerceased 29/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-01-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

18 Inverleith Terrace

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH3 5NS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-01

Last: 2026-01-18