ETHERINGTON TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC315922 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-07-13
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH02
  7. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2021-02-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-02-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-12-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ETHERINGTON TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  19. 2007-02-05
    ➕
    ETHERINGTON, John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-02-05
    ➕
    ETHERINGTON, Elaine appointed
    director
  21. 2007-02-05
    ➕
    ETHERINGTON, John appointed
    director
  22. 2007-02-05
    ➕
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-02-05
    ➖
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-02-05
    ➕
    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-02-05
    ➖
    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 "ETHERINGTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 John Etherington
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Elaine Etherington
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-02-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Anderson Crescent
Elgin
IV30 4HJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ETHERINGTON, John→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-05
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Active
ETHERINGTON, Elaine→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-02-05
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Active
ETHERINGTON, John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-02-05
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Active
OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-05 · resigned 2007-02-05
Resigned
OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-05 · resigned 2007-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-13
elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-15