ATLANTIC XL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC702335 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-23
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.20M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.4y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,200,100
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1.2m
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.20M | £1.20M |
| Debtors | £100 | £100 |
| Net assets | £1.20M | £1.20M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-06-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-06-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-06-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-06-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-11-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Xl Global Group Limited (SC547315)
- 2021-10-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-10-22📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-10-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-10-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-10-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-24➕LAIRD, Colin appointeddirector
- 2021-06-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ATLANTIC XL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 2021-06-23➕WINSOR, Karen Anne appointeddirector
- 2021-06-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
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.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Colin Laird Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/09/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Ms Karen Anne Winsorceased 24/09/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
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| BRAESIDE DEVELOPMENTS (ABERDEEN) LIMITED→ SC716267 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BREDERO SHAW LIMITED→ SC751515 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
LAIRD, Colin→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2021-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WINSOR, Karen Anne→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2021-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Xl Global Group (SC547315) Xl Global Group Limited (SC547315) | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/11/2021 | 23/06/2022 |
Recent filings (21 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-06-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-10-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-10-22