SCORPIO MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NF003505 · oversea-company · incorporated 1999-12-16
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
75/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (44/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2015-04-07📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2005-03-07📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2004-12-03📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2004-12-03📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2002-05-10📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2001-08-04📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2001-07-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-07-20📄legacyofficers · 6421B(NI)
- 2001-04-30➕MCFARLAND, David appointeddirector
- 2001-04-30➕MCFARLAND, Sydney appointeddirector
- 2001-04-30➖CUNNINGHAM, Alastair resigneddirector
- 2001-04-30➖DE CARTERET, Stephen resigneddirector
- 2000-03-03📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2000-03-03📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 2000-01-29📄legacyaccounts · 233(NI)
- 1999-12-16🏢Company incorporatedAs SCORPIO MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
- 1999-12-16➕CUNNINGHAM, Alastair appointedsecretary
- 1999-12-16➕CUNNINGHAM, Alastair appointeddirector
- 1999-12-16➕DE CARTERET, Stephen appointeddirector
- 1999-12-16📄legacyother · 641(NI)
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1999-12-16
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
127 Benson Street
Lisburn
Co Antrim
BT28 2AF
Filing status
Accounts
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Confirmation statement
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Last: —
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
CUNNINGHAM, Alastair→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-12-16
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Active
Active
CUNNINGHAM, Alastair→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 1999-12-16 · resigned 2001-04-30
DE CARTERET, Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1999-12-16 · resigned 2001-04-30
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Recent filings (12 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2015-04-07
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2005-03-07
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2004-12-03
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2004-12-03
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2002-05-10
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2001-08-04
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-07-20
legacy
officers · 6421B(NI)
2001-07-20
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2000-03-03
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
2000-03-03
legacy
accounts · 233(NI)
2000-01-29
legacy
other · 641(NI)
1999-12-16