MITCHELL RESOURCES LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC758895 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-15
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,355
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,780 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£1k
↓ 419% YoY
Current Assets
£8
↓ 100% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £345 | £1.6k |
| Current assets | £8 | £4.4k |
| Net assets | £-1.4k | £425 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs MITCHELL RESOURCES LTD
- 2023-02-15➕MITCHELL, Brian David appointeddirector
- 2023-02-15➕MITCHELL, Maricel Capinpin appointeddirector
- 2023-02-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "MITCHELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MITCHELL, Maricel Capinpin (same surname) appointed 2023-02-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Maricel Capinpin Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/02/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
Line Cottage
Farnell
By Brechin
DD9 6UH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MITCHELL, Brian David→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2023-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MITCHELL, Maricel Capinpin→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2023-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (14 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-15