GRAFIXATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC433759 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-01
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: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
30 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-16
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAFIXATION LIMITED
  17. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    ORAM, Peter John appointed
    director
  18. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    WARDEN, Marion Frances appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Peter John Oram
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Ms Marion Frances Warden
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2012-10-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

24 John Smith Place
Kelty
KY4 0NL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ORAM, Peter John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-10-01
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WARDEN, Marion Frances→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-10-01
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Recent filings (30 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-28
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05