SIMPSON GAME LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC301113 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2024
Net worth
£322.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01700
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £322,056
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£13k
Net Worth
£322k
Current Assets
£277k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-04-30 | 2023-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £394.2k | — |
| Current assets | £276.7k | — |
| Cash | £13.1k | — |
| Debtors | £223.6k | — |
| Net assets | £322.1k | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-11📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-19📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2017-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-11📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2016-06-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2015-05-19🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-05-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-07-03🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-06-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2006-05-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-04-27➖ADD ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-04-26➕SIMPSON, Angela Mary appointedsecretary
- 2006-04-25➖ADAM, Alison Margaret resigneddirector
- 2006-04-21🏢Company incorporatedAs SIMPSON GAME LIMITED
- 2006-04-21➕SIMPSON, Angela Mary appointeddirector
- 2006-04-21➕SIMPSON, Duncan Cameron appointeddirector
- 2006-04-21➕ADD ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-04-21➕ADAM, Alison Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "SIMPSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Duncan Cameron Simpson Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 21/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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
Incorporated2006-04-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01700 — SIC 01700
Registered office
6 Market Square
Oldmeldrum
Aberdeenshire
AB51 0AA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-05
Last: 2025-04-21
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
SIMPSON, Angela Mary→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIMPSON, Angela Mary→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2006-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIMPSON, Duncan Cameron→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2006-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ADD ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-21 · resigned 2006-04-27
ADAM, Alison Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-21 · resigned 2006-04-25
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/05/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 03/07/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 19/06/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 02/05/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-21
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2018-07-11