THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROJECT SAFETY LIMITED

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SC155374 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-01-11
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
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£710.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
75 officers (11 active, 75 linked, 64 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
245 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £710,834
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£450k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£711k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£497k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£142k£284k£427k£569k£711kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£710.8k£697.8k
Current assets£496.8k£450.3k
Cash£450.5k£401.5k
Debtors£27.5k£30.0k
Net assets£710.8k£697.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (162 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-02-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-02-01
    MCARTHUR, Stewart Cameron appointed
    director
  4. 2026-02-01
    MORDUE, Stefan Jon appointed
    director
  5. 2025-11-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  6. 2025-11-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-09-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-09-01
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2025-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2025-06-18
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2025-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2025-06-09
    LESLIE, Andrew Lind Alexander resigned
    director
  13. 2025-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2025-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2025-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2025-02-01
    KNIGHT, Helena Jacinta appointed
    director
  17. 2025-02-01
    OTTAWAY, Christopher Charles appointed
    director
  18. 2025-02-01
    TAYLOR, Peter Kenneth Ashley appointed
    director
  19. 2025-01-31
    ADDLEY, James David resigned
    director
  20. 2025-01-31
    BAKER, Anthony Philip resigned
    director
  21. 2025-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2025-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2024-06-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2024-06-13
    LESLIE, Andrew Lind Alexander appointed
    director
  26. 2024-05-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  27. 2024-05-10
    MCLEOD, Lesley Mary resigned
    director
  28. 2024-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  29. 2024-01-26
    BONE, Raymond Leslie resigned
    director
  30. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  31. 2023-08-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  32. 2023-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  33. 2023-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  34. 2023-06-01
    ALLWINKLE, Samuel James, Professor appointed
    director
  35. 2023-06-01
    WILKS, Richard appointed
    director
  36. 2023-02-01
    LALLY, Nicola Ann appointed
    secretary
  37. 2023-02-01
    CAMILLERI, Ceri Jane appointed
    director
  38. 2023-02-01
    SNELLING, Mark appointed
    director
  39. 2023-02-01
    MCLEOD, Lesley Mary resigned
    secretary
  40. 2023-02-01
    ADDLEY, James David appointed
    director
  41. 2023-02-01
    MCLEOD, Lesley Mary appointed
    director
  42. 2023-01-31
    BRADSHAW, Derek resigned
    director
  43. 2023-01-31
    FREEMAN, Nattasha resigned
    director
  44. 2023-01-31
    MOULAM, Jonathan Keith resigned
    director
  45. 2023-01-31
    STOWELL, Michael John resigned
    director
  46. 2022-09-30
    CHAKRAVARTHY, Bhargav resigned
    director
  47. 2022-09-30
    TOSELAND, Simon Andrew resigned
    director
  48. 2021-10-01
    BRADSHAW, Derek appointed
    director
  49. 2021-10-01
    FREEMAN, Nattasha appointed
    director
  50. 2020-12-15
    CHAKRAVARTHY, Bhargav appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 162 events

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1995-01-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

Suite 3 5 New Mart Place
Edinburgh
EH14 1RW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (11 active · 64 resigned)

LALLY, Nicola Ann
secretary · appointed 2023-02-01
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Active
ALLWINKLE, Samuel James, Professor
director · ~78y · appointed 2023-06-01
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Active
CAMILLERI, Ceri Jane
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-02-01
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Active
KNIGHT, Helena Jacinta
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-02-01
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Active
MCARTHUR, Stewart Cameron
director · ~64y · appointed 2026-02-01
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Active
MORDUE, Stefan Jon
director · ~45y · appointed 2026-02-01
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Active
OTTAWAY, Christopher Charles
director · ~67y · appointed 2025-02-01
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Active
SNELLING, Mark
director · ~64y · appointed 2023-02-01
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Active
TAYLOR, Peter Kenneth Ashley
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-02-01
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Active
WILDE, Bryn Martin
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-10-01
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Active
WILKS, Richard
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-06-01
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Active
GOODFELLOW, Maureen
secretary · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1996-04-19
Resigned
HABGOOD, Richard
secretary · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2014-10-07
Resigned
JAMIESON, Ronald Jeffrey Clark
secretary · appointed 1996-04-19 · resigned 1998-10-01
Resigned
LAW, Brian Bond
secretary · appointed 1998-10-01 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned
MCLEOD, Lesley Mary
secretary · appointed 2017-07-01 · resigned 2023-02-01
Resigned
MOULAM, Jonathan
secretary · appointed 2016-07-28 · resigned 2017-07-01
Resigned
THOMPSON, Margaret Miller
secretary · appointed 2014-10-07 · resigned 2016-07-28
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-11 · resigned 1995-01-11
Resigned
ADDLEY, James David
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-02-01 · resigned 2025-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (245 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-11-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-02
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-31