VALLENUS CONSULTING LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC773442 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-22
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
9 filings
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200

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

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-22
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-09-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-03-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-28
    BLAIR, Iain Norman, Dr. appointed
    secretary
  7. 2023-06-28
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2023-06-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As VALLENUS CONSULTING LIMITED
  9. 2023-06-22
    BLAIR, Fiona appointed
    director
  10. 2023-06-22
    BLAIR, Iain Norman, Dr. appointed
    director
  11. 2023-06-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr. Iain Norman Blair
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/06/2023
Mrs Fiona Blair
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/06/2023

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
Incorporated2023-06-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Pennylands
Bowerswell Road
Perth
PH2 7DL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BLAIR, Iain Norman, Dr.
secretary · appointed 2023-06-28
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Active
BLAIR, Fiona
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-06-22
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Active
BLAIR, Iain Norman, Dr.
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-06-22
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-09-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-22
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-06-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-22