SEMITEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC338533 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-22.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
58 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,522
Cash draining
Cash down 70% YoY
Cash YoY
-70%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↓ 70% YoY
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 133% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 70% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-22.5k | £-9.7k |
| Current assets | £5.3k | £17.8k |
| Cash | £5.3k | £17.8k |
| Net assets | £-22.5k | £-9.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-02📄capital-sale-or-transfer-treasury-sharescapital · SH04
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-03➕BROWN, Steven Ashley appointeddirector
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-20➖ALEXANDER, David Edward Joseph resigneddirector
- 2019-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2017-09-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2017-07-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-04-06➕ALEXANDER, David Edward Joseph appointeddirector
- 2017-04-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-04-01➖MCGUIRE, Alison Euphemia resignedsecretary
- 2012-12-17➖PALMER, Michael David resigneddirector
- 2008-09-15➕PALMER, Michael David appointeddirector
- 2008-02-27🏢Company incorporatedAs SEMITEL LIMITED
- 2008-02-27➕MCGUIRE, Henry appointeddirector
- 2008-02-27➕MCGUIRE, Alison Euphemia appointedsecretary
- 2008-02-27➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-02-27➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-02-27➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-02-27➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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 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
cleanNo 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 Henry Mcguire Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/07/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities
Registered office
4d Auchingramont Road
Hamilton
ML3 6JT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-07
Last: 2025-04-23
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
BROWN, Steven Ashley→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2021-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCGUIRE, Henry→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2008-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCGUIRE, Alison Euphemia→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2017-04-01
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2008-02-27
ALEXANDER, David Edward Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2017-04-06 · resigned 2020-01-20
PALMER, Michael David→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-09-15 · resigned 2012-12-17
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2008-02-27
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Recent filings (58 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
capital-sale-or-transfer-treasury-shares
capital · SH04
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-18