SCIENTIFIC DRILLING ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC468280 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-24

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

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 (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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	—	£671.8k
Gross profit	—	£228.1k
Operating profit	—	£173.6k
Profit before tax	—	£174.0k
Average employees	100	100

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

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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CARTER, Daniel Roland resigned
director
2026-03-19
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officers · TM01
2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2024-09-27
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-10-04
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accounts · AA
2020-12-11
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accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts · AA
2018-09-14
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accounts · AA
2017-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-13
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accounts · AA
2016-02-08
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-06
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SHEWAN, Michael Roy appointed
director
2016-01-06
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officers · AP01
2016-01-06
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officers · TM01
2015-12-30
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THOMSON, Gordon Watt resigned
director
2015-09-29
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2014-01-24
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Company incorporated
As SCIENTIFIC DRILLING ENTERPRISES LIMITED
2014-01-24
➕
BURNESS PAULL LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-01-24
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LEAHY, Michael appointed
director
2014-01-24
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CARTER, Daniel Roland appointed
director
2014-01-24
➕
THOMSON, Gordon Watt appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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 62 — approaching natural succession window.

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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Group structure

Scientific Drilling Controls Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Scientific Drilling Controls Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SCIENTIFIC DRILLING ENTERPRISES LIMITED

This company · SC468280

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Scientific Drilling Controls Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Wellheads Crescent

Wellheads Industrial Estate

Aberdeen

AB21 7GA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURNESS PAULL LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-01-24

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Active

LEAHY, Michael→

director · ~62y · appointed 2014-01-24

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Active

SHEWAN, Michael Roy→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-06

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Active

CARTER, Daniel Roland→

director · ~70y · appointed 2014-01-24 · resigned 2026-03-19

Resigned

THOMSON, Gordon Watt→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-01-24 · resigned 2015-12-30

Resigned

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