ALGOA ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC172228 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-13
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1997-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALGOA ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    POTTS, Jacqueline Louise appointed
    secretary
  18. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    POTTS, Michael John appointed
    director
  19. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  20. 1997-02-11
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  22. 1997-02-11
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael John Potts
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Louise Potts
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

30 Albert Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1XY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

POTTS, Jacqueline Louise→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POTTS, Michael John→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10