CICCERO SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC354659 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
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
44 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees1100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2017-11-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2009-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As CICCERO SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2009-02-06
    BENNETT, Rowland James appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-02-06
    BENNETT, Rowland James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roland James Bennett
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-02-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

59 Bonnygate
Cupar
KY15 4BY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BENNETT, Rowland James
secretary · appointed 2009-02-06
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Active
BENNETT, Rowland James
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-02-06
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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-19