MCCOLM CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC348917 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-22
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£403.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £403,288
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£349k
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£403k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£586k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£117k£234k£352k£469k£586kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£413.0k£342.6k
Current assets£586.2k£481.9k
Cash£348.7k£280.2k
Debtors£237.5k£201.6k
Net assets£403.3k£323.1k

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

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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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-23
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  2. 2024-06-19
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  3. 2023-05-10
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  4. 2023-01-05
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  5. 2022-12-21
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  6. 2022-06-14
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  7. 2021-03-08
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  8. 2020-06-04
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  9. 2019-06-06
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  10. 2018-10-03
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  11. 2018-09-30
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    ALLEN, Catriona resigned
    secretary
  12. 2018-06-07
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  13. 2017-06-28
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  14. 2016-08-16
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  15. 2016-06-21
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  16. 2016-02-05
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  17. 2015-03-02
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    ALLEN, Catriona appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-04-01
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    MCCOLM, Richard John appointed
    director
  19. 2008-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As MCCOLM CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS LIMITED
  20. 2008-09-22
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    MCCOLM, Neil John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 "MCCOLM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil John Mccolm
Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Richard John Mccolmceased 21/12/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-09-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

2a Waterloo Road
Prestwick
Ayrshire
KA9 2AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MCCOLM, Neil John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCOLM, Richard John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, Catriona→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-02 · resigned 2018-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

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2025-10-22
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2025-04-23
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2024-10-08
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2024-06-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
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accounts · AA
2023-05-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-05
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2022-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
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accounts · AA
2022-06-14
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2021-09-29
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2021-03-08
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2020-10-27
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2020-06-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-25