SIMPSON & CARNOCHAN LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC561996 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-30
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-11-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-11-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-07-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-04-07➕SIMPSON, John Frederick appointeddirector
- 2017-04-07➖QUINN, Martin Alexander resigneddirector
- 2017-04-06➕CARNOCHAN, Lesley Kathleen appointeddirector
- 2017-03-30🏢Company incorporatedAs SIMPSON & CARNOCHAN LIMITED
- 2017-03-30➕QUINN, Martin Alexander appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARNOCHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Frederick Simpson Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 03/11/2018 |
Mrs Lesley Kathleen Carnochan Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 03/11/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Martin Alexander Quinnceased 07/04/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
1 Dashwood Square
Dashwood Square
Newton Stewart
DG8 6EQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CARNOCHAN, Lesley Kathleen→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2017-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIMPSON, John Frederick→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2017-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
QUINN, Martin Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-03-30 · resigned 2017-04-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-04-03