IDCP SCOTLAND LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC666120 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-02
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
£-246.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). 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
14 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £246,684

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£247k
↓ 52% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£247k-£192k-£138k-£83k-£28k£26kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-246.7k£-162.8k
Current assets£26.1k£17.8k
Net assets£-246.7k£-162.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2020-07-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As IDCP SCOTLAND LIMITED
  10. 2020-07-02
    ➕
    BOERS, Jan appointed
    director
  11. 2020-07-02
    ➕
    THOMSON, Jamie John appointed
    director
  12. 2020-07-02
    📄
    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 67 — 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 signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 Jan Boers
Individual · Dutch · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
—75–100%board control75-100% voting · board control · firm interest02/07/2020

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
Incorporated2020-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

77 Torrisdale Street
Glasgow
G42 8PW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOERS, Jan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-07-02
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Active
THOMSON, Jamie John→
director · ~29y · appointed 2020-07-02
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-03-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-07-02