INCHCOLM VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC249559 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-16
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 8 | 800 |
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.
See pricing →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 (40 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-08-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-05-07📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-04-24➕LOEDEL, Rosa Marie appointeddirector
- 2025-04-24➕PIZARRO, Bienvenido appointeddirector
- 2025-04-24➖LOEDEL, Anna Matilde resigneddirector
- 2025-04-24➖LOEDEL, Emma Margaret resigneddirector
- 2025-04-24➖LOEDEL, Rosa Marie resigneddirector
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31➕LOEDEL, Anna Matilde appointeddirector
- 2019-01-31➕LOEDEL, Emma Margaret appointeddirector
- 2019-01-31➕LOEDEL, Rosa Marie appointeddirector
- 2013-02-14➖LOEDEL-SOCA, Margaret resigneddirector
- 2007-11-12➖LAW, Margaret resigneddirector
- 2007-11-12➖LAW, William Abercrombie resigneddirector
- 2003-05-16🏢Company incorporatedAs INCHCOLM VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
- 2003-05-16➕LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo appointedsecretary
- 2003-05-16➕LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo appointeddirector
- 2003-05-16➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-16➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-16➕LAW, Margaret appointeddirector
- 2003-05-16➕LAW, William Abercrombie appointeddirector
- 2003-05-16➕LOEDEL-SOCA, Margaret appointeddirector
- 2003-05-16➕INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-05-16➖INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-05-16➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-05-16➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Inchcolm Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Inchcolm Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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INCHCOLM VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
This company · SC249559
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Inchcolm Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 29/04/2025 |
Mr Eduardo Loedel-Soca Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities
Registered office
Unit 7b (Gf) Castle Industrial Centre
Queensferry Road
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8NT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16
Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)
LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOEDEL, Rosa Marie→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2025-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2003-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PIZARRO, Bienvenido→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2003-05-16
LAW, Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2007-11-12
LAW, William Abercrombie→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2007-11-12
LOEDEL, Anna Matilde→
Resigneddirector · ~31y · appointed 2019-01-31 · resigned 2025-04-24
LOEDEL, Emma Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~33y · appointed 2019-01-31 · resigned 2025-04-24
LOEDEL, Rosa Marie→
Resigneddirector · ~28y · appointed 2019-01-31 · resigned 2025-04-24
LOEDEL-SOCA, Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2013-02-14
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2003-05-16
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2003-05-16
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Recent filings (75 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-05-14
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27