MADDEN ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC272594 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-26
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£166.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £166,442

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£166k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£198k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£40k£79k£119k£158k£198kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£166.4k£144.6k
Current assets£197.6k£166.6k
Net assets£166.4k£144.6k

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 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-05
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  3. 2023-08-22
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  4. 2023-01-09
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  5. 2022-01-26
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  6. 2020-05-25
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  7. 2019-11-29
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  8. 2018-08-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-10-24
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    MADDEN, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    director
  10. 2017-10-24
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2017-10-20
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  12. 2017-10-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-20
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  15. 2015-11-18
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-10-30
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    MADDEN, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-30
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    FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2004-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As MADDEN ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  20. 2004-08-26
    ➕
    MADDEN, David appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-26
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    FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-08-26
    ➕
    HIGGINS, Gary appointed
    director
  23. 2004-08-26
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    HIGGINS, Gary resigned
    director
  24. 2004-08-26
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    ROBERTSON, Alexander George appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 2004-08-26
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Alexander George 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 "MADDEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 David Madden
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Elizabeth Madden
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/02/2017

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
Incorporated2004-08-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

18 North Silver Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MADDEN, Susan Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MADDEN, David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MADDEN, Susan Elizabeth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FREELANCE EURO CONTRACTING LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2007-10-30
Resigned
HIGGINS, Gary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2004-08-26
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Alexander George→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2004-08-26 · resigned 2004-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-28