COMSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC177759 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-06
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£68.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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 £68,554
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,200 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£69k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£30k£44k£59k£74kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£68.6k£73.8k
Current assets£6.9k£10.8k
Net assets£68.6k£73.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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  2. 2024-08-26
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  3. 2023-05-08
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  4. 2022-08-27
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  5. 2021-08-29
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  6. 2020-08-20
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  7. 2019-10-11
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  8. 2019-10-11
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  9. 2019-10-11
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  10. 2019-08-06
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  11. 2019-08-06
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  12. 2019-05-16
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  13. 2018-05-18
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  14. 2017-05-18
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  15. 2016-05-20
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  16. 2006-09-01
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    GALBRAITH, Susan appointed
    director
  17. 1997-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As COMSULTING LIMITED
  18. 1997-08-06
    ➕
    GALBRAITH, Susan appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-08-06
    ➕
    GALBRAITH, Alasdair appointed
    director
  20. 1997-08-06
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-08-06
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-08-06
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 1997-08-06
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Galbraith
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · board control · significant influence · firm interest11/10/2019
Mr Alasdair Galbraith
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · board control · significant influence · firm interest11/10/2019

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
Incorporated1997-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

63 Tangusdale
Isle Of Barra
Western Isles
HS9 5XW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GALBRAITH, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-06
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Active
GALBRAITH, Alasdair→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-08-06
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Active
GALBRAITH, Susan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-09-01
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-06 · resigned 1997-08-06
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-08-06 · resigned 1997-08-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-11
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-10-11