INCHCOLM VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC249559 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-16
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

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 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
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees8800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-10-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-10-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-10-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-10-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-08-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-05-14
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  10. 2025-05-07
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  11. 2025-04-24
    ➕
    LOEDEL, Rosa Marie appointed
    director
  12. 2025-04-24
    ➕
    PIZARRO, Bienvenido appointed
    director
  13. 2025-04-24
    ➖
    LOEDEL, Anna Matilde resigned
    director
  14. 2025-04-24
    ➖
    LOEDEL, Emma Margaret resigned
    director
  15. 2025-04-24
    ➖
    LOEDEL, Rosa Marie resigned
    director
  16. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-06-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    LOEDEL, Anna Matilde appointed
    director
  24. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    LOEDEL, Emma Margaret appointed
    director
  25. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    LOEDEL, Rosa Marie appointed
    director
  26. 2013-02-14
    ➖
    LOEDEL-SOCA, Margaret resigned
    director
  27. 2007-11-12
    ➖
    LAW, Margaret resigned
    director
  28. 2007-11-12
    ➖
    LAW, William Abercrombie resigned
    director
  29. 2003-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As INCHCOLM VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
  30. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo appointed
    director
  32. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-05-16
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    LAW, Margaret appointed
    director
  35. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    LAW, William Abercrombie appointed
    director
  36. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    LOEDEL-SOCA, Margaret appointed
    director
  37. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2003-05-16
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 2003-05-16
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 2003-05-16
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

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

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Inchcolm Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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INCHCOLM VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
This company · SC249559

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Inchcolm Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting29/04/2025
Mr Eduardo Loedel-Soca
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

Unit 7b (Gf) Castle Industrial Centre
Queensferry Road
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOEDEL, Rosa Marie→
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOEDEL-SOCA, Eduardo→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIZARRO, Bienvenido→
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2003-05-16
Resigned
LAW, Margaret→
director · ~85y · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2007-11-12
Resigned
LAW, William Abercrombie→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2007-11-12
Resigned
LOEDEL, Anna Matilde→
director · ~31y · appointed 2019-01-31 · resigned 2025-04-24
Resigned
LOEDEL, Emma Margaret→
director · ~33y · appointed 2019-01-31 · resigned 2025-04-24
Resigned
LOEDEL, Rosa Marie→
director · ~28y · appointed 2019-01-31 · resigned 2025-04-24
Resigned
LOEDEL-SOCA, Margaret→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2013-02-14
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2003-05-16
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2003-05-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-05-14
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27