Purelifi Limited

In administrationSC394047 Private limited company

Incorporated: 22 February 2011 (15 years)
Previously known as: Purevlc Ltd (until 31 December 2013)
VLC Ltd (until 9 March 2012)
Dlight Communications Ltd (until 11 May 2011)
This list may be incomplete. See all names on Companies House
Industry: Wireless telecommunications activities (61200)
Information technology consultancy activities (62020)
Other business support service activities n.e.c. (82990)
Directors: Richard Mcbride
Ron Alan Schaeffer
Lynne Ross

list may be incomplete
Accounts type: Small
Region: Scotland
Address: C/o Btg Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP
2 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 6LU

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 September 2026
Last accounts: 31 December 2024
Conf. stmt due: 8 March 2027
Last conf. stmt: 22 February 2026

Charges

Total: 5
Outstanding: 3
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 2

Officers

This list may be incomplete. See all officers on Companies House

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Mcbride, Richard

Director · Appointed 16 March 2026

Also at Cyacomb Limited

British

Born April 1964 (62)

Schaeffer, Ron Alan

Director · Appointed 1 October 2025

Also at Purevlc Limited (proposed for strike-off)

American,British

Born July 1971 (55)

Goldsmith, Jill

Secretary · Appointed 12 October 2017

Ross, Lynne

Director · Appointed 8 September 2016

Also at Gabriel Investments Limited · more companies

British

Born July 1968 (58)

Haas, Harald, Professor

Director · Appointed 22 February 2011

Also at Purevlc Limited (proposed for strike-off)

German

Born March 1968 (58)

Officer history (19 former)

4 June 2026

Resigned See, Ming You as Director

26 May 2026

Resigned Collinson, Glenn as Director

21 May 2026

Resigned Hickey, Joseph Michael as Director

16 March 2026

Appointed Mcbride, Richard as Director

1 October 2025

Appointed Schaeffer, Ron Alan as Director

30 September 2025

Resigned Banham, Alistair Phillip as Director

21 June 2023

Appointed See, Ming You as Director

21 June 2023

Resigned Mathur, Aftaab as Director

1 February 2020

Appointed Collinson, Glenn as Director

25 October 2019

Resigned Burchardt, Harald Peter as Director

12 October 2017

Appointed Goldsmith, Jill as Secretary

12 October 2017

Resigned Vialex Company Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

8 September 2016

Appointed Ross, Lynne as Director

8 September 2016

Appointed Vialex Company Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

26 July 2016

Resigned Dm Company Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

26 July 2016

Appointed Banham, Alistair Phillip as Director

26 July 2016

Appointed Hickey, Joseph Michael as Director

26 July 2016

Resigned Griggs Obe, Russel George, Professor as Director

29 June 2016

Resigned Archenhold, Geoff, Dr as Director

29 June 2016

Resigned Needham, Douglas Wilson as Director

29 June 2016

Appointed Mathur, Aftaab as Director

18 December 2015

Appointed Archenhold, Geoff, Dr as Director

18 December 2015

Resigned Mowat, David James as Director

1 February 2015

Appointed Needham, Douglas Wilson as Director

1 February 2015

Resigned Carnegie, James Derek Scott as Director

31 January 2015

Resigned Buckley, Kevin as Director

23 December 2014

Appointed Carnegie, James Derek Scott as Director

15 December 2014

Resigned Higginson, Robert David as Director

9 June 2014

Appointed Mowat, David James as Director

12 May 2014

Appointed Buckley, Kevin as Director

12 May 2014

Appointed Burchardt, Harald Peter as Director

31 December 2013

Resigned Povey, Gordon Johnston Robertson, Dr as Director

12 December 2013

Appointed Dm Company Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

12 December 2013

Resigned Mbm Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

14 October 2013

Appointed Griggs Obe, Russel George, Professor as Director

2 October 2013

Resigned Kirk, David as Director

15 April 2013

Appointed Kirk, David as Director

9 January 2013

Appointed Higginson, Robert David as Director

5 March 2012

Appointed Mbm Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

5 March 2012

Resigned Povey, Gordon Johnston, Dr as Secretary

22 February 2011

Appointed Povey, Gordon Johnston, Dr as Secretary

22 February 2011

Appointed Povey, Gordon Johnston Robertson, Dr as Director

22 February 2011

Appointed Haas, Harald, Professor as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 1

Companies where Purelifi Limited is registered as a person with significant control

Purevlc Limited

Owns 75–100% of shares

Proposed for strike-off

Former controllers (1)

5 July 2016

Ceased Esta Investments Pte Ltd (Temasek) — Owns 25–50% of shares

Financials

Figures from 2021 accounts. Newer accounts, made up to 31 December 2024, are filed but not read yet. See them on Companies House

Net Assets: (£14,865,791); down £2,808,288 (23%)
Cash: £2,093,027; down £1,053,932 (33%)
Employees: 34; up 2 (6%)

Debt Ratio: 355%
Current Ratio: 1.2x

Trend

Net Assets

Balance sheet detail

	2021	2020	2019
Fixed Assets	£2,994,107	£2,907,172	£3,088,927
Current Assets	£2,837,650	£4,134,346	£6,022,110
Debtors	£541,082	£774,283	£959,445
Cash	£2,093,027	£3,146,959	£4,837,394
Creditors (< 1 year)	£2,317,328	£2,232,502	£2,736,384
Creditors (> 1 year)	£18,380,220	£16,866,519	£15,487,112
Net Current Assets	£520,322	£1,901,844	£3,285,726
Net Assets	(£14,865,791)	(£12,057,503)	(£9,112,459)
Shareholder Funds	(£14,865,791)	(£12,057,503)	(£9,112,459)

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To	Pages	PDF
27 October 2026	Notice of Administrator's proposal
2 September 2026	Appointment of an administrator
2 September 2026	Registered office address changed
5 August 2026	Alterations to a floating charge
31 July 2026	Alterations to a floating charge