CADHERENT GROUP LIMITED
🌱Startupactive
SC811260 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
13 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
1 year 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 6 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-12-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-08-27📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-08-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-30➕THOMSON, David Alistair appointeddirector
- 2024-05-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: David Alistair Thomson
- 2024-05-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: David Alistair Thomson
- 2024-05-22🏢Company incorporatedAs CADHERENT GROUP LIMITED
- 2024-05-22➕MACKINNONS SOLICITORS LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-05-22➕BUTCHER, Anthony James appointeddirector
- 2024-05-22➕FORBES, Scott appointeddirector
- 2024-05-22➕MORRICE, Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-05-22➕THOMSON, Neil Fraser appointeddirector
- 2024-05-22➕WARD, Lindsey appointeddirector
- 2024-05-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
61/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Alistair Thomson Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 30/05/2024 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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
Incorporated2024-05-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Registered office
Cadherent Riverside
North Esplanade West
Aberdeen
AB11 5RJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last: 2025-05-30
Officers (7 active · 0 resigned)
MACKINNONS SOLICITORS LLP→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2024-05-22
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BUTCHER, Anthony James→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2024-05-22
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FORBES, Scott→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2024-05-22
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MORRICE, Paul→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2024-05-22
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THOMSON, David Alistair→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-05-30
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THOMSON, Neil Fraser→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2024-05-22
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WARD, Lindsey→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-05-22
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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | David Alistair Thomson | A registered charge | — | 30/05/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | David Alistair Thomson | A registered charge | — | 30/05/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-27
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-08-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-22