CAITHNESS POLYROOMS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC797424 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,405

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2k
Current Assets
£96
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£96
Current assets£96
Net assets£2.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-12-30
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-11-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-11-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-06-28
    ALIKER-BATES, Ryan resigned
    director
  9. 2024-02-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAITHNESS POLYROOMS LTD
  10. 2024-02-01
    BATES, Matthew appointed
    director
  11. 2024-02-01
    ALIKER-BATES, Ryan appointed
    director
  12. 2024-02-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Bates
Individual · English · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/02/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ryan Aliker-Batesceased 28/06/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2024-02-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

53 High Street
Wick
KW1 4NE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BATES, Matthew
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-02-01
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Active
ALIKER-BATES, Ryan
director · ~23y · appointed 2024-02-01 · resigned 2024-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-01