IMPULSE GEOPHYSICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04470791 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-26

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2024

Net worth

£1.67M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 22.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,665,487

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.1m

Net Worth

£1.7m

Current Assets

£1.9m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.68M
Current assets	£1.86M
Cash	£1.08M
Debtors	£776.8k
Net assets	£1.67M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2024-11-26
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MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas appointed
director
2024-11-26
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officers · AP01
2024-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
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accounts · AA01
2024-07-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-07-18
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officers · AP01
2024-07-18
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officers · AP01
2024-07-18
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officers · AP01
2024-07-18
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officers · TM02
2024-07-18
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officers · TM01
2024-07-16
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GOODWIN, Jason Richard appointed
director
2024-07-16
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GOUGH, David appointed
director
2024-07-16
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HILDICK-SMITH, Richard Anthony appointed
director
2024-07-16
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MILLIGAN, Robert Walls resigned
secretary
2024-07-16
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MILLIGAN, Lisa Claire resigned
director
2024-04-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-25
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accounts · AA
2023-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
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accounts · AA
2020-11-25
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mortgage · MR04
2020-11-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-01-02
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MILLIGAN, Lisa Claire appointed
director
2016-01-01
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MILLIGAN, Lisa Claire resigned
director
2003-09-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2002-06-26
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Company incorporated
As IMPULSE GEOPHYSICS LIMITED
2002-06-26
➕
MILLIGAN, Robert Walls appointed
director
2002-06-26
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MILLIGAN, Robert Walls appointed
secretary
2002-06-26
➕
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-26
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-26
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MILLIGAN, Lisa Claire appointed
director
2002-06-26
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-06-26
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Socotec Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Socotec Uk Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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IMPULSE GEOPHYSICS LIMITED

This company · 04470791

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Socotec Uk Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	16/07/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Lisa Claire Milliganceased 16/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Robert Walls Milliganceased 16/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-06-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Socotec House

Bretby Business Park, Bretby,

Burton-On-Trent

Derbyshire,

DE15 0YZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26