SPECIALISED GEOLOGICAL MAPPING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC505564 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-11
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
£21.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,731
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,895 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£22k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£41k£62k£83k£103kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£21.9k£37.9k
Current assets£47.3k£103.3k
Net assets£21.7k£37.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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  2. 2026-05-12
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  3. 2026-05-12
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  4. 2025-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2024-12-18
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  6. 2023-11-07
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  7. 2023-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-06-09
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  9. 2023-06-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-06-09
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    address · AD01
  11. 2023-02-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-22
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    PRATT, Christopher William appointed
    director
  18. 2015-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As SPECIALISED GEOLOGICAL MAPPING LTD
  19. 2015-05-11
    ➕
    PRATT, Warren Timothy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Warren Timothy Pratt
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-05-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Catlin Cottage Station Road
Urquhart
Elgin
IV30 8LQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PRATT, Christopher William→
director · ~83y · appointed 2016-12-22
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PRATT, Warren Timothy→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-05-11
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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22