DSC5562 ENGINEERING CONSULTANT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC803656 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-19
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£16.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,195

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£16k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-30
Total assets£16.2k
Current assets£18.6k
Net assets£16.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DSC5562 ENGINEERING CONSULTANT LTD
  5. 2024-03-19
    CONDIE, David appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Condie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

7 Whitehill Knowe
Cowdenbeath
Fife
KY4 8FX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-01OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-18

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CONDIE, David
director · ~71y · appointed 2024-03-19
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Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-19