POLYMORPHIC INVESTMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC344810 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-24

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 Jun 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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, 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

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-07-01
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SUTCLIFFE, Artemesia appointed
director
2013-03-25
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PARK, John Robertson resigned
director
2013-03-25
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WOOD, Haydn Calvin resigned
director
2010-12-21
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PARK, John Robertson appointed
director
2010-12-21
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WOOD, Haydn Calvin appointed
director
2008-06-24
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Company incorporated
As POLYMORPHIC INVESTMENTS LTD
2008-06-24
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SRG LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-06-24
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SUTCLIFFE, Andrew Keith appointed
director
2008-06-24
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-06-24
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-06-24
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-06-24
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Keith Sutcliffe Individual · Canadian · DOB 11/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Artemisia Sutcliffe Individual · Greek · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-06-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

C/O Srg Llp, 4th Floor, Turnberry House

175 West George Street

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G2 2LB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-08

Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SRG LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SUTCLIFFE, Andrew Keith→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-06-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SUTCLIFFE, Artemesia→

director · ~67y · appointed 2013-07-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-24 · resigned 2008-06-24

Resigned

PARK, John Robertson→

director · ~69y · appointed 2010-12-21 · resigned 2013-03-25

Resigned

WOOD, Haydn Calvin→

director · ~52y · appointed 2010-12-21 · resigned 2013-03-25

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-06-24 · resigned 2008-06-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-06-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-06-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-06-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-06-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-10

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-07-06