GENTEQ CONSULTING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC398973 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
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 79/100 (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 (73/100).

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
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-04
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  3. 2023-09-06
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  4. 2022-07-27
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  5. 2021-06-22
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  6. 2020-06-23
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  7. 2019-08-01
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  8. 2018-09-06
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  9. 2017-07-26
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  10. 2017-05-09
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  11. 2017-05-09
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  12. 2017-05-09
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  13. 2016-07-21
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  14. 2016-05-06
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  15. 2015-07-06
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  16. 2015-05-07
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  17. 2011-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As GENTEQ CONSULTING LTD.
  18. 2011-05-06
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    MORRISON, Ewen appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-06
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    MORRISON, Hazel Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2011-05-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2011-05-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-05-06
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-06
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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 Ewen Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Hazel Elizabeth Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-05-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Unit 4b Gateway Business Park, Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-20
Last: 2025-05-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MORRISON, Ewen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Hazel Elizabeth→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-05-06 · resigned 2011-05-06
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-05-06 · resigned 2011-05-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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2025-09-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
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accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-06