FLOODING RISK ASSESSMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC366981 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-16
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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  2. 2024-10-02
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  3. 2024-10-02
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  4. 2024-07-24
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  5. 2023-07-20
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  6. 2022-09-26
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  7. 2022-09-26
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  8. 2022-07-18
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  9. 2021-07-12
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  10. 2020-10-15
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  11. 2020-10-15
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  12. 2020-07-15
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  13. 2019-07-29
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  14. 2018-07-30
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  15. 2017-07-28
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  16. 2009-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As FLOODING RISK ASSESSMENTS LIMITED
  17. 2009-10-16
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    STEWART, David appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-10-16
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    MORROW, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-16
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    STEWART, David appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-16
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    ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-16
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    ROUND, Jonathon Charles resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Andrew Morrow
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr David Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

123 Irish Street
Dumfries
DG1 2PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

STEWART, David→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-16
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Active
MORROW, Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-10-16
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Active
STEWART, David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-10-16
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Active
ROUND, Jonathon Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-10-16 · resigned 2009-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-15