T D C PARSONS PEEBLES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC663297 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-08

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

£11.52M

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other engineering activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Strong revenue growth

Turnover up 19% YoY

Turnover YoY

+19%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Turnover	£11.52M	£9.67M
Gross profit	£2.92M	£2.89M
Operating profit	£580.1k	£935.1k
Average employees	5100	4100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-19
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ROBERTSON, Graeme Mckay appointed
director
2024-04-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-12-21
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2020-09-29
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-06-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-06-19
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mortgage · MR01
2020-06-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: T D C (Aberdeen) Limited
2020-06-08
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Company incorporated
As T D C PARSONS PEEBLES LIMITED
2020-06-08
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SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2020-06-08
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DOUGLAS, John William appointed
director
2020-06-08
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MCNEIL, Karen appointed
director
2020-06-08
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MILNE, Helen appointed
director
2020-06-08
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MILNE, Neil appointed
director
2020-06-08
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

T D C (Aberdeen) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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T D C (Aberdeen) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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T D C PARSONS PEEBLES LIMITED

This company · SC663297

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
T D C (Aberdeen) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	08/06/2020

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2020-06-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Bankhead Industrial Estate Bankhead Avenue

Bucksburn

Aberdeen

AB21 9ET

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06