D'ARCY THOMPSON SIMULATOR CENTRE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC650625 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-06
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
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
21 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 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £140.7k |
| Current assets | — | £22.6k |
| Net assets | — | £140.7k |
| Average employees | 4 | — |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-03-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-03-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-07-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-21➕WATSON, Derek Alexander appointeddirector
- 2020-01-06🏢Company incorporatedAs D'ARCY THOMPSON SIMULATOR CENTRE LIMITED
- 2020-01-06➕CRAWFORD, Moya Maria appointeddirector
- 2020-01-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
St Andrews Innovation Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Deep Tek Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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D'ARCY THOMPSON SIMULATOR CENTRE LIMITED
This company · SC650625
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Moya Maria Crawford Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/01/2020 |
St Andrews Innovation Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/06/2021 |
Deep Tek Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/06/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPHARMED SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED→ SC664332 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| JAMES HAIR & CO LIMITED→ SC233888 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| JAMES MASSEY CONSULTING LTD→ SC848451 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JD SUBSEA LTD→ SC566131 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| JT PROJECTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC251051 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| KINGDOM CONSULTANCY LTD→ SC850333 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINGDOM MARITIME LTD→ SC855562 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINGDOM MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD→ SC416110 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| KINGDOM QUALITY INSPECTIONS LTD.→ SC565759 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| KINNIKER LTD.→ SC278322 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
Walter Bower House Eden Campus
Guardbridge
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 0US
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CRAWFORD, Moya Maria→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2020-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATSON, Derek Alexander→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-03-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-17