CYBER SECURITY SCOTLAND

🌳Matureactive
SC530223 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2016-03-21
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£32.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £32,059

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£32k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£41kMar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£32.1k£25.6k
Current assets£40.5k£32.6k
Net assets£32.1k£24.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-08
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2021-07-06
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2020-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CYBER SECURITY SCOTLAND
  13. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Angela appointed
    director
  14. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Keith, Dr appointed
    director
  15. 2016-03-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Dr Keith Nicholson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest01/08/2016
Mrs Angela Nicholson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest01/08/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Technology · KW postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
CAITHNESS F.M. LIMITED→
SC185596 · est 1998
——£79.8k—27y7978y
COMPUCLOUD LTD→
SC401310 · est 2011
————14y7980y
KUNNANDI LTD→
SC424868 · est 2012
——£13.7k—13y7960y
NITRAMINOS LIMITED→
SC314224 · est 2007
——£219.6k—19y7866y
JOSCOM CONSULTANCY LTD→
SC554875 · est 2017
——£95.3k—9y7773y
CLOUDALIVE LIMITED→
SC644184 · est 2019
————6y7662y
DIGITAL INSOMNIACS LIMITED→
SC685424 · est 2021
————5y7666y
EYNHALLOW SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LTD→
SC749297 · est 2022
———23y7663y
EMMA ROBERTSON FREELANCE MEDIA LTD→
SC416316 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
————14y——
INDY CINEMA SERVICES LTD→
SC666251 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
LEFTSHORE LIMITED→
SC855547 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
NJ TECH WRITE LIMITED→
SC379793 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————15y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2016-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Skaill
East Mey
Thurso
KW14 8XL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

NICHOLSON, Angela→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICHOLSON, Keith, Dr→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-03