DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC553370 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,389
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£8k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k£5k£18k£31k£44k£57kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-8.4k£-6.1k
Current assets£57.2k£53.3k
Cash£6.0k£6.0k
Debtors£51.2k£47.4k
Net assets£-8.4k£-6.1k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-01
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  3. 2023-06-28
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  4. 2022-08-23
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  5. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-23
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-01-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-10
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  11. 2018-01-04
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  12. 2017-10-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-10-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-10-17
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-10-17
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-17
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2017-08-20
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    AUCHTERLONIE, Innes Iain Cree appointed
    director
  18. 2016-12-28
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    Company incorporated
    As DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS LTD
  19. 2016-12-28
    ➕
    GOPALA, Sripad appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Innes Ian Cree Auchterlonie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/08/2017
Mr Sripad Gopala
Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/12/2016

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
Incorporated2016-12-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Charlotte Street
Fraserburgh
AB43 9JE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-07
Last: 2025-12-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AUCHTERLONIE, Innes Iain Cree→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-08-20
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Active
GOPALA, Sripad→
director · ~52y · appointed 2016-12-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07