Company · Scotland

Thinking-Machine

Thinking-Machine is an IT services firm incorporated in Scotland in 2000 (SC206853).

What they do

“Hand us the hard architectural, cloud-cost, or compliance question. We survey, map, think, and deliver a board-ready answer. Fixed-scope, decision-grade, 2–4 weeks. Twenty years across six sectors.”

In its own words, on thinkingmachine.uk

In plain speak

They help companies figure out hard questions about their technology systems, cloud spending, and security, then give them clear answers ready for their board to use.

Ayeoh Overview

Thinking-Machine is an IT services firm. (Companies House) It was incorporated in Scotland on 5 May 2000 as company SC206853. (Companies House) Its website says: “Hand us the hard architectural, cloud-cost, or compliance question. We survey, map, think, and deliver a board-ready answer.” (thinkingmachine.uk) The products and services it lists are Cloud cost & FinOps strategy, Cyber resilience & NFR advisory and AI integration for established systems. (thinkingmachine.uk)

Companies House lists 2 active officers, among them Timothy David, Dr Kempster (director, since May 2000) and Elise Kempster (secretary, since Dec 2022). (Companies House, profile card) Its own website's latest post is “CRA Article 14 reporting clocks: what 24h, 72h, 14d, and 30d actually require”, from 14 May 2026. (Latest from Thinking-Machine, the post) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 May 2026, show 2 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Latest from Thinking-Machine

CRA Article 14 reporting clocks: what 24h, 72h, 14d, and 30d actually require

14 May 2026, from thinkingmachine.uk, posted by the company

What energy-sector procurement NFR practice can teach SaaS vendors

9 May 2026, from thinkingmachine.uk, posted by the company

What healthcare lab integration taught me about IoT device onboarding

9 May 2026, from thinkingmachine.uk, posted by the company

Why your healthcare-IT NFR matrix should look like an energy-sector one

9 May 2026, from thinkingmachine.uk, posted by the company

Financials

Net assets: £328k (31 May 2026), down 5% on £346k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand: £296k (31 May 2026), from £20.6k a year earlier
Employees: 2 on average (31 May 2026), up 100% on 1 a year earlier

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2026

Next accounts due 29 Feb 2028.

From the accounts made up to 31 May 2026, small-company accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year end	Net assets	Cash	Staff
31 May 2026	£328k	£296k	2
31 May 2025	£346k	£20.6k	1
31 May 2024	£306k	£10.3k	1

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

31 May 2026accountsAccounts year end
14 May 2026from the companyCRA Article 14 reporting clocks: what 24h, 72h, 14d, and 30d actually require
9 May 2026from the companyWhat energy-sector procurement NFR practice can teach SaaS vendors
9 May 2026from the companyWhat healthcare lab integration taught me about IoT device onboarding
9 May 2026from the companyWhy your healthcare-IT NFR matrix should look like an energy-sector one
31 May 2025accountsAccounts year end
31 May 2024accountsAccounts year end
17 Dec 2022directorElise Kempster appointed Secretary
30 May 2000directorTimothy David, Dr Kempster appointed Director
5 May 2000incorporatedThinking-Machine incorporated as SC206853

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

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Record completeness 63 of 100; not yet held: city, logo, turnover, news coverage.

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How it compares

Net assets £328k: 218th of 4,216 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £296k: 156th of 1,605 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 2 on average: joint 728th of 4,480 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 5 May 2000: 361st of 8,995 software firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish software firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-09. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.