CYCLERATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC334375 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-23
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 13.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
65 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2021-10-31
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    MCBETH, Martin Gerrard resigned
    director
  7. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2020-12-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-08-18
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    MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid resigned
    director
  13. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-06
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    BURNS, William resigned
    director
  15. 2019-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-10-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-10-10
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    WELLS, Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-08-24
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    LAWSON, Stephen John resigned
    director
  21. 2012-06-08
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    MADSEN, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-08
    ➖
    BELL, Julie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-06-08
    ➖
    BELL, Julie resigned
    director
  24. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    BURNS, William appointed
    director
  25. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    LAWSON, Stephen John appointed
    director
  26. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    MCBETH, Martin Gerrard appointed
    director
  27. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid appointed
    director
  28. 2012-06-08
    ➕
    WELLS, Robert appointed
    director
  29. 2012-06-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    BELL, John Andrew appointed
    director
  31. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    BELL, Julie appointed
    secretary
  32. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2008-02-29
    ➕
    BELL, Julie appointed
    director
  34. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2007-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CYCLERATE LIMITED
  36. 2007-11-23
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2007-11-23
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

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

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Emergency One Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CYCLERATE LIMITED
This company · SC334375

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
Emergency One Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares14/06/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Emergency One Uk Limitedceased 14/06/2019· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

3a Caponacre Industrial Estate
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 1SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

BELL, John Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MADSEN, Michael→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2012-06-08
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-11-23 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
BELL, Julie→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2012-06-08
Resigned
BURNS, William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2019-06-06
Resigned
LAWSON, Stephen John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2016-08-24
Resigned
MCBETH, Martin Gerrard→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2021-10-31
Resigned
MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2020-08-18
Resigned
WELLS, Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2018-10-10
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-11-23 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property08/06/2012—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-12-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-01