ENCO CONSULTING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
NI647235 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.8y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax—£25.7k
Average employees8001200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2024-08-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2024-08-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-08-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-08-06
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  8. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2022-07-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Marketfinance Limited
  12. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ENCO CONSULTING LTD
  18. 2017-08-02
    ➕
    CREE, Alison Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2017-08-02
    ➕
    CREE, Dale William appointed
    director
  20. 2017-08-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Alison Margaret Cree
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/08/2017
Dale William Cree
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/08/2017

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
Incorporated2017-08-02
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

41 Church View Allied House
41 Church View
Holywood
Down
BT18 9DP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CREE, Alison Margaret→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-08-02
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Active
CREE, Dale William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Marketfinance
Marketfinance Limited
A registered charge—29/07/202222/08/2024

Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-06
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-09-30