OREBANK CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC603906 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-30
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£41.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £41,764
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,035 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£42k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£41.8k£42.8k
Current assets£60.2k£41.8k
Net assets£41.8k£42.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-04-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-03-28
    ➕
    MERCER, Tracy Babette appointed
    director
  12. 2018-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As OREBANK CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
  13. 2018-07-30
    ➕
    MERCER, Brian Peter appointed
    director
  14. 2018-07-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Peter Mercer
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Tigh Mor
Longmorn
Elgin
IV30 8SL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MERCER, Brian Peter→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MERCER, Tracy Babette→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-30