IMAC ENGINEERING SAFETY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC835885 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
3 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-01-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As IMAC ENGINEERING SAFETY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  3. 2025-01-30
    MACLACHLAN, Ian Keith appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-30
    📄
    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 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Keith Maclachlan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Unit 5 Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MACLACHLAN, Ian Keith
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-01-30
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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-30