TIERNEY STRACHAN CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC177770 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-06
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£3.17M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 26512SIC 26512
  • 27900SIC 27900
  • 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 20.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
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
90 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,169,065
Cash YoY
+71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.7m
↑ 71% YoY
Net Worth
£3.2m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£3.1m
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£634k£1.3m£1.9m£2.5m£3.2mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£3.20M£2.84M
Current assets£3.06M£2.92M
Cash£1.69M£984.1k
Debtors£1.09M£1.71M
Net assets£3.17M£2.81M

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-26
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  3. 2023-08-24
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  4. 2022-08-18
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  5. 2021-08-03
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  6. 2020-10-08
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  7. 2020-08-18
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  8. 2020-07-31
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    STRACHAN, Marion Mary Geraldine Tierney resigned
    secretary
  9. 2019-10-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2019-10-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  11. 2019-10-02
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  12. 2019-10-02
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  13. 2019-10-02
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  14. 2019-10-02
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  15. 2019-10-02
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  16. 2019-10-02
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    Charge satisfied #4
  17. 2019-09-27
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  18. 2019-09-27
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    Charge satisfied #5
  19. 2019-04-29
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  20. 2018-11-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  21. 2018-11-21
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    Charge satisfied #3
  22. 2018-11-07
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    address · AD01
  23. 2012-02-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2012-02-01
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  25. 2012-01-26
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  26. 2007-11-22
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  27. 2007-05-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 2006-11-27
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    TIERNEY STRACHAN, Marion appointed
    director
  29. 2005-10-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 1997-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As TIERNEY STRACHAN CONSULTING LIMITED
  31. 1997-08-06
    ➕
    STRACHAN, Jonathan Alexander appointed
    director
  32. 1997-08-06
    ➕
    STRACHAN, Marion Mary Geraldine Tierney appointed
    secretary
  33. 1997-08-06
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1997-08-06
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STRACHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Alexander Strachan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Marion Tierney Strachan
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26120 — SIC 26120

Registered office

12 Greenbank Place
East Tullos Industrial Estate
Aberdeen
AB12 3BT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

STRACHAN, Jonathan Alexander→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TIERNEY STRACHAN, Marion→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-11-27
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Active
STRACHAN, Marion Mary Geraldine Tierney→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-06 · resigned 2020-07-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-06 · resigned 1997-08-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property01/02/201227/09/2019
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property26/01/201202/10/2019
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property22/11/200721/11/2018
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property23/05/200708/10/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/10/200509/02/2012

Recent filings (90 total)

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2025-08-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-08-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-10-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-10-02