SOLUTIONS AT WORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC413305 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-16
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees10001000

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2018-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2017-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-23
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-05-19
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2017-05-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2017-01-01
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    GARRETT, Robin Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  18. 2017-01-01
    ➕
    GARRETT, Robin Jonathan, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2016-12-31
    ➖
    CLARKSON, Graeme resigned
    secretary
  20. 2016-12-31
    ➖
    CLARKSON, Graeme Andrew Telford resigned
    director
  21. 2016-12-31
    ➖
    HAMILTON, Ronald Grant resigned
    director
  22. 2011-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As SOLUTIONS AT WORK LIMITED
  23. 2011-12-16
    ➕
    MYLES, Caroline appointed
    director
  24. 2011-12-16
    ➕
    CLARKSON, Graeme appointed
    secretary
  25. 2011-12-16
    ➕
    CLARKSON, Graeme Andrew Telford appointed
    director
  26. 2011-12-16
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Ronald Grant appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Robin Jonathan Garrett
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/01/2017
Mrs Caroline Myles
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Graeme Andrew Telford Clarksonceased 31/12/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Ronald Grant Hamiltonceased 31/12/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

2b Park Place
Kirkcaldy
KY1 1XL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GARRETT, Robin Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2017-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARRETT, Robin Jonathan, Mr.→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MYLES, Caroline→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKSON, Graeme→
secretary · appointed 2011-12-16 · resigned 2016-12-31
Resigned
CLARKSON, Graeme Andrew Telford→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-12-16 · resigned 2016-12-31
Resigned
HAMILTON, Ronald Grant→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-12-16 · resigned 2016-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17