ENGINEERINGPALS LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC839381 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-27
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-02-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ENGINEERINGPALS LTD
  3. 2025-02-27
    DAVIDSON, James Robert, Dr. appointed
    director
  4. 2025-02-27
    STANKOVIC DAVIDSON, Danijela, Dr. appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-06-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr. James Robert Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1994 · age 32
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

Tarbothill Farm
Bridge Of Don
Aberdeen
AB23 8BQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIDSON, James Robert, Dr.
director · ~32y · appointed 2025-02-27
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Active
STANKOVIC DAVIDSON, Danijela, Dr.
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-02-27
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-27