EHS FM LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC761144 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-06
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
15 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-28➖THOMPSON, James Docherty resigneddirector
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: De Lage Landen Leasing Limited
- 2024-06-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-01➕CROSS, Darren appointeddirector
- 2024-06-01➕MCGOWAN, Colin Cochrane appointeddirector
- 2024-06-01➖FAGAN, Shaun resigneddirector
- 2023-04-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-06➕FAGAN, Shaun appointeddirector
- 2023-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs EHS FM LIMITED
- 2023-03-06➕THOMPSON, James Docherty appointeddirector
- 2023-03-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Colin Mcggowan Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/06/2024 |
Mr Darren Cross Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/06/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr James Docherty Thompsonceased 01/06/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-03-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
New Douglas Park
Cadzow Avenue
Hamilton
ML3 0FT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
CROSS, Darren→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2024-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCGOWAN, Colin Cochrane→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2024-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FAGAN, Shaun→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-04-06 · resigned 2024-06-01
THOMPSON, James Docherty→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2023-03-06 · resigned 2026-02-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | De Lage Landen Leasing De Lage Landen Leasing Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/11/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (15 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-06