DIRECTIONAL DRILLING DYNAMICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC119569 · ltd · incorporated 1989-08-16

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£662.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £662,071

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£662k

↑ 4.6% YoY

Current Assets

£739k

↑ 4.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£662.1k	£632.7k
Current assets	£739.3k	£706.0k
Net assets	£662.1k	£632.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

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2013-03-20
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BRYMER, Lynne appointed
director
2012-08-10
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ANDERSON, James Ross appointed
director
2012-08-10
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ANDERSON, Julia appointed
director
1997-05-22
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NOBLE, James Bain resigned
director
1993-08-16
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NOBLE, Helen Flett resigned
secretary
1993-04-06
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ANDERSON, Julie appointed
secretary
1993-04-06
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ANDERSON, Douglas Maxwell appointed
director
1990-08-16
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COHEN, Steven David resigned
secretary
1990-08-16
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COHEN, Israel resigned
director
1990-08-16
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COHEN, Steven David resigned
director
1989-08-16
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Company incorporated
As DIRECTIONAL DRILLING DYNAMICS LIMITED
1989-08-16
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COHEN, Steven David appointed
secretary
1989-08-16
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COHEN, Israel appointed
director
1989-08-16
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COHEN, Steven David appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Julia Anderson Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1989-08-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Vilamoura

Nethermill

Cruden Bay

Aberdeenshire

AB42 0SN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-30

Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

ANDERSON, Julie→

secretary · appointed 1993-04-06

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Active

ANDERSON, Douglas Maxwell→

director · ~74y · appointed 1993-04-06

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Active

ANDERSON, James Ross→

director · ~45y · appointed 2012-08-10

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Active

ANDERSON, Julia→

director · ~70y · appointed 2012-08-10

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Active

BRYMER, Lynne→

director · ~43y · appointed 2013-03-20

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Active

COHEN, Steven David→

secretary · appointed 1989-08-16 · resigned 1990-08-16

Resigned

NOBLE, Helen Flett→

secretary · resigned 1993-08-16

Resigned

COHEN, Israel→

director · appointed 1989-08-16 · resigned 1990-08-16

Resigned

COHEN, Steven David→

director · appointed 1989-08-16 · resigned 1990-08-16

Resigned

NOBLE, James Bain→

director · ~104y · resigned 1997-05-22

Resigned

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