ACTUATE IT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC328163 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-23
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£4.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
54 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,034

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£4.0k£4.0k
Current assets—£10.0k
Net assets£4.0k£4.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-29
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  2. 2024-06-18
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  3. 2023-06-25
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  4. 2022-06-02
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  5. 2021-01-11
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  6. 2020-06-25
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  7. 2019-05-27
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  8. 2019-05-27
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  9. 2018-01-04
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  10. 2017-08-15
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  11. 2017-04-25
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    FERGUSON, Shirley Ann Bowman appointed
    director
  12. 2017-04-25
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  13. 2017-03-25
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  14. 2015-07-23
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  15. 2015-07-22
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  16. 2015-03-23
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  17. 2014-08-16
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    CAMERON, Dawn resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-08-12
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    CAMERON, Dawn appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-12-01
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    BROWN, Martin Jude resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-12-01
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    BROWN, Martin Jude resigned
    director
  21. 2007-08-14
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    BROWN, Martin Jude appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-08-14
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    BROWN, Roy Spencer resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTUATE IT LIMITED
  24. 2007-07-23
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    BROWN, Roy Spencer appointed
    director
  25. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    BROWN, Roy Spencer appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-07-23
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    BROWN, Martin Jude appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy Spencer Brown
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence23/07/2016
Mrs Shirley Ann Bowman Ferguson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/05/2019

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
Incorporated2007-07-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

5 Straiton View
Straiton
Loanhead
Midlothian
EH20 9QZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BROWN, Roy Spencer→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, Shirley Ann Bowman→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Martin Jude→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-14 · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned
BROWN, Roy Spencer→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-23 · resigned 2007-08-14
Resigned
CAMERON, Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2011-08-12 · resigned 2014-08-16
Resigned
BROWN, Martin Jude→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-07-23 · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
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2025-06-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
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accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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2023-07-24
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2023-06-25
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2022-07-23
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2022-06-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
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accounts · AA
2021-01-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-05-27