ELITE TECHNIQUE LTD

🌱Startupactive

SC837191 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-10

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sports and recreation education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-23
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-19
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default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-11-19
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default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-11-19
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default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-11-19
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default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-11-19
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default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-02-10
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Company incorporated
As ELITE TECHNIQUE LTD
2025-02-10
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GRANT, Ross Spence appointed
director
2025-02-10
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SHARP, Lindsay Graeme appointed
director
2025-02-10
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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 1.3 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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lindsay Graeme Sharp Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/02/2025
Mr Ross Spence Grant Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/02/2025

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

Incorporated2025-02-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-10

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRANT, Ross Spence→

director · ~36y · appointed 2025-02-10

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Active

SHARP, Lindsay Graeme→

director · ~46y · appointed 2025-02-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-18

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-02-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-02

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-02

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-02-02

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-12-23

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc

address · RP10

2025-11-19

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc

address · RP10

2025-11-19

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer

address · RP09

2025-11-19

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer

address · RP09

2025-11-19

default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied

address · RP05

2025-11-19

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2025-02-10