AT A STROKE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC383347 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-09

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 Mar 2024

Net worth

£27.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £27,727

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

Net Worth

£28k

Current Assets

£29k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£27.7k
Current assets	£28.5k
Cash	£9.3k
Debtors	£19.2k
Net assets	£27.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-11-17
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accounts · AA01
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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address · AD01
2019-12-20
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elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2019-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-23
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accounts · AA
2017-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-09
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officers · AP01
2016-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-10
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-31
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MACAULAY, Keir appointed
director
2010-08-09
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Company incorporated
As AT A STROKE LIMITED
2010-08-09
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MACAULAY, Gillian appointed
secretary
2010-08-09
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MACAULAY, Gillian appointed
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Gillian Anne Macaulay Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2010-08-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 The Courtyard

Sundrum

Ayr

KA6 5JL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MACAULAY, Gillian→

secretary · appointed 2010-08-09

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MACAULAY, Gillian→

director · ~66y · appointed 2010-08-09

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MACAULAY, Keir→

director · ~33y · appointed 2015-03-31

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