STIRLING SIMULATION SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC572599 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-01
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees600500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-12
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  3. 2025-08-12
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  4. 2025-07-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-07-10
    ➖
    STIRLING, Christopher Graham, Dr resigned
    director
  6. 2025-07-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-05-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-06
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Peter George appointed
    director
  13. 2022-01-06
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Andrew appointed
    director
  14. 2022-01-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2022-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2022-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2022-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2022-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As STIRLING SIMULATION SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2017-08-01
    ➕
    STIRLING, Christopher Graham, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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 Peter George Mcdonald
Individual · British · DOB 04/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/01/2022
Mr Andrew Nicholson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/01/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dr Christopher Graham Stirlingceased 10/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2017-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Unit 6, The Boathouse
Aberdour
Burntisland
Fife
KY3 0TZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MCDONALD, Peter George→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-01-06
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Active
NICHOLSON, Andrew→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-01-06
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Active
STIRLING, Christopher Graham, Dr→
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2025-07-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-08-12
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-06