THE SOLWAY FIRTH PARTNERSHIP

🌳Matureactive

SC250012 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-05-23

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

44 officers (9 active, 44 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (101 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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2025-11-14
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STODDART, Fiona Jane appointed
director
2025-11-11
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2025-08-18
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2025-08-13
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LYNCH, Elaine appointed
director
2025-08-04
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REED, Colin Frederick resigned
director
2025-08-04
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officers · TM01
2024-11-18
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officers · AP01
2024-11-18
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2024-11-12
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COWEN, Michael Thomas Elliott resigned
director
2024-11-12
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REED, Colin Frederick appointed
director
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2024-03-19
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officers · CH01
2023-11-17
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LACKIE, Ann Margaret, Dr resigned
director
2023-11-17
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LOCHHEAD, June Carol resigned
director
2023-11-17
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officers · TM01
2023-11-17
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officers · TM01
2023-10-19
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accounts · AA
2023-09-11
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officers · TM01
2023-09-07
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BRODIE, Richard John resigned
director
2023-06-06
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officers · TM01
2023-06-05
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COLLIER, John Richard resigned
director
2023-03-06
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COOK, John resigned
director
2023-03-06
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2022-11-03
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accounts · AA
2022-03-08
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2022-03-07
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BROWN, Judith Alison appointed
director
2022-01-10
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HUGH-JONES, Tristan Llewelyn appointed
director
2022-01-10
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officers · AP01
2021-12-13
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BRODIE, Richard John appointed
director
2021-12-13
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officers · AP01
2021-11-22
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officers · TM01
2021-11-18
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MITCHELL, James resigned
director
2021-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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2021-09-06
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HORNER, Sheena Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-07-07
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MCNEILL, Alastair resigned
director
2021-02-28
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EDWARDS, Charles Hunter Green resigned
director
2020-09-07
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COOK, John appointed
director
2020-01-14
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COWEN, Michael Thomas Elliott appointed
director
2019-12-10
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COLLIER, John Richard appointed
director
2019-07-08
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JEFFERSON, William Hayton resigned
director
2019-07-08
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SIDGWICK, Therese Eleanor resigned
director
2017-12-07
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JOHNSTONE, Macolm David appointed
director
2017-12-07
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LACKIE, Ann Margaret, Dr appointed
director
2017-10-11
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HARDY, Stephen resigned
director
2017-04-25
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MCCLUNG, James resigned
director
2016-11-25
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SHAW, Rupert Hugh Stewart appointed
director
2016-11-25
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SHANKLAND, Andrew Fairweather resigned
director
2016-11-25
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SIDGWICK, Therese Eleanor appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-05-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

Campbell House

The Crichton

Dumfries

Dumfries & Galloway

DG1 4UQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-06

Last: 2025-05-23