DIRECT SCIENCE & INNOVATION LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC600986 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-26
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-282024-06-28
Average employees00

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 (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2020-10-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As DIRECT SCIENCE & INNOVATION LTD
  13. 2018-06-26
    ➕
    ACQUAVIVA, Marialuisa appointed
    director
  14. 2018-06-26
    ➕
    OLABI, Abdul Ghani appointed
    director
  15. 2018-06-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Abdul Ghani Olabi
Individual · Italian · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/06/2018
Ms Marialuisa Acquaviva
Individual · Italian · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/06/2018

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
Incorporated2018-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

C/O C Allan & Son Accountancy Services Limited Studio 104, Embroidery Mill
Abbey Mill Business Centre
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 1TJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last made up to: 2025-06-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ACQUAVIVA, Marialuisa→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-06-26
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Active
OLABI, Abdul Ghani→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-06-26
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-07