COSSACKS ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC425354 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-31
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 May 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees2200

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.

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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-21
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-02-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-01
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    HYLAND, Heather Campbell appointed
    director
  7. 2023-03-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-03-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-05-31
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    Company incorporated
    As COSSACKS ENGINEERING LIMITED
  19. 2012-05-31
    ➕
    HYLAND, Daniel Leonard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

19/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HYLAND, Heather Campbell (same surname) appointed 2023-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
Mrs Heather Campbell Hyland
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Daniel Leonard Hyland
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
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
Incorporated2012-05-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Cossacks Cottage
Cortachy
Kirriemuir
DD8 4NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HYLAND, Daniel Leonard→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-05-31
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Active
HYLAND, Heather Campbell→
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-06-01
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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04