CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SHETLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC531924 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-07
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£268.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
22 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £268,145
Cash YoY
+266%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£96k
↑ 266% YoY
Net Worth
£268k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£408k
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£82k£163k£245k£326k£408kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£273.5k£223.7k
Current assets£407.8k£399.5k
Cash£95.7k£26.2k
Debtors£310.2k£354.0k
Net assets£268.1k£223.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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  7. 2021-02-04
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  8. 2020-01-16
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-24
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SHETLAND LIMITED
  13. 2016-04-07
    ➕
    ADAMSON, Ewen James appointed
    director
  14. 2016-04-07
    ➕
    HALCROW, Brian appointed
    director
  15. 2016-04-07
    ➕
    TAIT, Alan John appointed
    director
  16. 2016-04-07
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan John Tait
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
Mr Brian Halcrow
Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
Mr Ewen James Adamson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Units E & F
4 Market Street
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ADAMSON, Ewen James→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-04-07
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Active
HALCROW, Brian→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-04-07
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Active
TAIT, Alan John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-04-07
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-16