ORCADES MARINE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC385696 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-21

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	800	700

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-14
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officers · AP01
2023-02-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-12
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NG, Ding Feng appointed
director
2023-02-12
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THOMSON, Tracy Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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officers · TM01
2022-07-28
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DAVIES, Gareth John, Dr resigned
director
2021-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-02-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-02-12
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THOMSON, Alexandra Jane appointed
director
2010-09-21
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Company incorporated
As ORCADES MARINE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD
2010-09-21
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A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-09-21
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THOMSON, David Campbell appointed
director
2010-09-21
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DAVIES, Gareth John, Dr appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alexandra Jane Thomson Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/02/2025
Ding Feng Ng Individual · Singaporean · DOB 08/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/08/2023
Mr David Campbell Thomson Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	21/09/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Aquatera Group Limitedceased 30/08/2023· 25-50% shares
Dr Gareth John Daviesceased 12/02/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED→ SC341021 · est 2008	—	—	—	40	18y	83	63y
AQUATERA LIMITED→ SC206441 · est 2000	—	—	—	3300	26y	83	65y
ORCADIA→ SC272848 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	83	61y
REID & FRASER LTD.→ SC194713 · est 1999	—	—	£367.3k	—	27y	83	59y
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KNIGHT & MCDONALD LIMITED→ SC241493 · est 2002	—	—	£61.9k	—	23y	82	65y
IGTL TECHNOLOGY LTD→ SC378560 · est 2010	—	—	£394.5k	—	16y	81	65y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

8 Albert Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1HP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20