CARBON CAPTURE MACHINE (UK) LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC577344 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-27

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£240.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
74901Environmental consulting activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -89% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 £240,926

Net assets shrinking

Down £195,455 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 89% YoY

Cash YoY

-89%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£111k

↓ 89% YoY

Net Worth

£241k

↓ 45% YoY

Current Assets

£1.7m

↑ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£240.9k	£436.4k
Current assets	£1.66M	£1.40M
Cash	£111.1k	£971.4k
Debtors	£1.54M	£424.1k
Net assets	£240.9k	£436.4k

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-30
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GLASSER, Fredrik Paul resigned
director
2023-05-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-25
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PETITJEAN, Laurène resigned
director
2023-05-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-16
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MORRISON, Zoe Jane resigned
director
2022-12-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-08-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-08-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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ANASTAS, Paul appointed
director
2022-05-31
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SCOTT, Lance appointed
director
2022-05-31
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PETITJEAN, Laurène appointed
director
2022-04-26
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-04-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-26
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-10
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IMBABI, Mohammed Salah-Eldin resigned
director
2018-07-18
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STEVENSON-ROBB, Frederick George resigned
director
2018-04-27
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STEVENSON-ROBB, Frederick George appointed
director
2017-09-27
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Company incorporated
As CARBON CAPTURE MACHINE (UK) LTD
2017-09-27
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STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2017-09-27
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STRONACHS appointed
corporate-secretary
2017-09-27
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STRONACHS resigned
corporate-secretary
2017-09-27
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GLASSER, Fredrik Paul appointed
director
2017-09-27
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IMBABI, Mohammed Salah-Eldin appointed
director
2017-09-27
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MORRISON, Zoe Jane appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-09-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

28 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1YL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-30

Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-09-27

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Active

ANASTAS, Paul→

director · ~64y · appointed 2022-05-31

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Active

SCOTT, Lance→

director · ~62y · appointed 2022-05-31

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Active

STRONACHS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-09-27 · resigned 2017-09-27

Resigned

GLASSER, Fredrik Paul→

director · ~97y · appointed 2017-09-27 · resigned 2023-05-30

Resigned

IMBABI, Mohammed Salah-Eldin→

director · ~71y · appointed 2017-09-27 · resigned 2019-08-10

Resigned

MORRISON, Zoe Jane→

director · ~60y · appointed 2017-09-27 · resigned 2023-05-16

Resigned

PETITJEAN, Laurène→

director · ~36y · appointed 2022-05-31 · resigned 2023-05-25

Resigned

STEVENSON-ROBB, Frederick George→

director · ~72y · appointed 2018-04-27 · resigned 2018-07-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-31

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-24

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2022-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-19

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC08

2022-08-26

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-08-26

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-07-28

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-07-28