PEOPLE FACTOR CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC315060 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-22

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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accounts · AA
2025-10-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-15
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capital · SH08
2025-05-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
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officers · AP01
2024-09-10
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MACLENNAN, Rhona Jayne appointed
director
2024-06-17
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MOFFAT, Scott resigned
director
2024-06-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-21
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officers · AP01
2024-04-19
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DAVIDSON, Catherine appointed
director
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-07-25
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MOFFAT, Scott appointed
director
2018-10-01
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MCLENNAN, Rhona appointed
secretary
2018-10-01
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CRICHTON, Brian Ronald resigned
secretary
2018-09-27
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CRICHTON, Margaret Thomson, Dr resigned
director
2007-01-23
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CRICHTON, Brian Ronald appointed
director
2007-01-23
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CRICHTON, Brian Ronald appointed
secretary
2007-01-23
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-23
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CRICHTON, Margaret Thomson, Dr appointed
director
2007-01-23
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-22
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Company incorporated
As PEOPLE FACTOR CONSULTANTS LTD
2007-01-22
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-22
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Ronald Crichton Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Catherine Crichtonceased 02/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Dr Margaret Thomson Crichtonceased 27/09/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Floor 10 Union Point

Blaikies Quay

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB11 5PW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-16

Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

MCLENNAN, Rhona→

secretary · appointed 2018-10-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CRICHTON, Brian Ronald→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-01-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVIDSON, Catherine→

director · ~65y · appointed 2024-04-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACLENNAN, Rhona Jayne→

director · ~41y · appointed 2024-09-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CRICHTON, Brian Ronald→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2018-10-01

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2007-01-23

Resigned

CRICHTON, Margaret Thomson, Dr→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2018-09-27

Resigned

MOFFAT, Scott→

director · ~45y · appointed 2019-07-25 · resigned 2024-06-17

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-22 · resigned 2007-01-23

Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-02

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-10-02

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2025-05-15

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-05-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-05-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-01

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-09-11

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-06-17

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-04-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-21