ELB SOFTWARE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC807085 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-16
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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 (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
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-03-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-09-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ELB SOFTWARE LTD
  7. 2024-04-16
    BEVERIDGE, Jake appointed
    director
  8. 2024-04-16
    MORRISON, Fraser George appointed
    director
  9. 2024-04-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jake Beveridge
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/2000 · age 26
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/04/2024
Fraser George Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 12/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

3 Castle Court
Carnegie Campus
Dunfermline
KY11 8PB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-29
Last: 2025-04-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BEVERIDGE, Jake
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-04-16
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Active
MORRISON, Fraser George
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-04-16
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-16