COMBUSTION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC338139 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-19
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
£885.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £885,211
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£618k
↑ 5.9% YoY
Net Worth
£885k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£927k
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£185k£371k£556k£742k£927kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£903.1k£810.4k
Current assets£927.4k£844.6k
Cash£617.7k£583.3k
Debtors£306.7k£257.3k
Net assets£885.2k£791.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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  3. 2024-07-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-12-11
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  5. 2022-12-07
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  6. 2021-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-17
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  8. 2020-02-19
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  9. 2020-02-19
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-05
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    capital · SH01
  14. 2017-10-04
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    ANDERSON, Neil appointed
    director
  15. 2017-10-04
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-03
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    TOUGH, James resigned
    director
  18. 2009-04-27
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    INGRAM, Sean resigned
    director
  19. 2008-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As COMBUSTION SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2008-02-19
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Hamish Simpson appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-02-19
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Hamish Simpson appointed
    director
  22. 2008-02-19
    ➕
    PENNY, George appointed
    director
  23. 2008-02-19
    ➕
    INGRAM, Sean appointed
    director
  24. 2008-02-19
    ➕
    TOUGH, James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hamish Simpson Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
50–75%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

18 North Silver Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1JU

Filing status

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

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ANDERSON, Hamish Simpson→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-19
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Active
ANDERSON, Hamish Simpson→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-02-19
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Active
ANDERSON, Neil→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-10-04
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Active
PENNY, George→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-02-19
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Active
INGRAM, Sean→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-02-19 · resigned 2009-04-27
Resigned
TOUGH, James→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-02-19 · resigned 2015-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-19