PEDEN ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC178886 · ltd · incorporated 1997-09-18
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 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 employees3300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-09-25
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    address · AD01
  11. 2019-09-25
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-09-25
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-09-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-09-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-09-25
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-09-24
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    PEDEN, Alexander Welby resigned
    secretary
  17. 2019-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2015-03-03
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    PEDEN, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  20. 1997-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As PEDEN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  21. 1997-09-18
    ➕
    PEDEN, Andrew Robert Welby appointed
    director
  22. 1997-09-18
    ➕
    PEDEN, Alexander Welby appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-09-18
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-09-18
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-09-18
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1997-09-18
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "PEDEN" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • 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

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 Andrew Robert Welby Peden
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Emma Louise Peden
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Am Fearran
Skipness
Tarbert
Argyll
PA29 6YG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PEDEN, Andrew Robert Welby→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEDEN, Emma Louise→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEDEN, Alexander Welby→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-18 · resigned 2019-09-24
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-09-18 · resigned 1997-09-18
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-09-18 · resigned 1997-09-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-25