INFINITY AUTOMATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC359447 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-12

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	12	900

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
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accounts · AA
2025-06-10
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officers · AP01
2024-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
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KENNY, Steven appointed
director
2024-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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officers · TM01
2023-02-01
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WELSH, Martin James resigned
director
2022-11-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
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gazette · DISS40
2021-08-03
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-06-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-31
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CAMPBELL, Ian Houston appointed
director
2020-01-31
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TUDOR, David Wilson appointed
director
2019-09-17
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mortgage · MR01
2019-09-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2019-05-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-04-02
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ALLAN, Antoinette resigned
director
2019-01-30
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ARMOUR, David John appointed
director
2019-01-30
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BADMAN, Clive Elton appointed
director
2019-01-30
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WELSH, Martin James appointed
director
2018-03-20
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ALLAN, Antoinette appointed
director
2018-03-20
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ALLAN, Ian Kirk resigned
director
2014-09-03
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WELSH, Martin James Miller resigned
secretary
2014-09-03
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WELSH, Martin James resigned
director
2012-09-15
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ALLAN, Ian Murray appointed
director
2009-05-12
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Company incorporated
As INFINITY AUTOMATION LIMITED
2009-05-12
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WELSH, Martin James Miller appointed
secretary
2009-05-12
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ALLAN, Ian Kirk appointed
director
2009-05-12
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WELSH, Martin James appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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

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

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Digital Technologies Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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INFINITY AUTOMATION LIMITED

This company · SC359447

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Digital Technologies Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	16/04/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Kirk Allanceased 20/03/2018· significant influence

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-05-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Suite 3, Century Court Riverside Way

Riverside Business Park

Irvine

KA11 5DJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-26

Last: 2025-05-12