DRS CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC244792 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-27
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 Mar 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 engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-16
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    elect-to-keep-the-secretaries-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH03
  14. 2020-01-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-01-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-12-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2019-09-19
    ➖
    SPACEY, Alison Mary resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-09-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2019-09-13
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    SPACEY, Alison Mary resigned
    director
  21. 2003-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As DRS CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD.
  22. 2003-02-27
    ➕
    SPACEY, David Roy appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-27
    ➕
    SPACEY, Alison Mary appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-02-27
    ➕
    SPACEY, Alison Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Roy Spacey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2003-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

23 Woodlands Road
Lundin Links
Leven
KY8 6HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SPACEY, David Roy→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPACEY, Alison Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-27 · resigned 2019-09-19
Resigned
SPACEY, Alison Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-02-27 · resigned 2019-09-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-30