DAVE ANDERSON ECOLOGY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC697044 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-27
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 · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 12 → 14
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Filings: 12 → 14
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£50.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental 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 (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £50,504

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£51k
Current Assets
£84k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£50.5k
Current assets£83.8k
Net assets£50.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-01-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-06-22
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2021-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVE ANDERSON ECOLOGY LTD
  10. 2021-04-27
    ➕
    ANDERSON, David appointed
    director
  11. 2021-04-27
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Katherine Danielle appointed
    director
  12. 2021-04-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANDERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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 5 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/04/2021

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
Incorporated2021-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

10 Balgibbon Drive
Callander
FK17 8EU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDERSON, David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-04-27
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Active
ANDERSON, Katherine Danielle→
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-04-27
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-22
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-06-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-04-27