SURVIVABILITY CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC383323 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-09
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees9700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-13
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  7. 2021-03-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-03-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-03-23
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  10. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-21
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    THOMPSON, Phillip Rowland resigned
    director
  12. 2020-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-08-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-02-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-02-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-03-08
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    THOMPSON, Phillip Rowland appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-08
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    THORNTON TOMASETTI DEFENCE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2011-05-13
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    THORNTON TOMASETTI DEFENCE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2010-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As SURVIVABILITY CONSULTING LIMITED
  23. 2010-08-09
    ➕
    HORSTMANN, Paul Otto appointed
    director
  24. 2010-08-09
    ➕
    SCHOFIELD, James Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 James Stephen Schofield
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Paul Otto Horstmann
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Unit 4 Thomson House
Pitreavie Court
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8UU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HORSTMANN, Paul Otto→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHOFIELD, James Stephen→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Phillip Rowland→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-03-08 · resigned 2020-12-21
Resigned
THORNTON TOMASETTI DEFENCE LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2011-05-13 · resigned 2016-03-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-23
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-15