HELIDECK CERTIFICATION AGENCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC288177 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-28

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£7.63M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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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

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 11.4y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (5 active, 21 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £7,627,533

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£705k

Net Worth

£7.6m

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Cash	£705.1k	—
Net assets	£7.63M	—
Average employees	—	1400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 (66 events)Click to expand

2025-10-17
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officers · AP01
2025-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
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WILDGOOSE, Graham Brown appointed
director
2025-08-12
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-07
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
2025-07-31
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HELLER, Gary resigned
director
2024-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
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KNIGHT, Alex resigned
director
2022-11-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-01
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DOBBIN, David Lawrence appointed
director
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-28
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RAE, David Charles appointed
director
2021-05-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-26
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DOBBIN, David Lawrence resigned
director
2021-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-10-19
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
2020-01-28
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-01-24
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mortgage · MR04
2020-01-24
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-01-24
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-01-24
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-01-24
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-01-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-01-23
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
2020-01-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-03-04
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CALVERT, Neil Menzies appointed
director
2017-08-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-08-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-11-13
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CALVERT, Neil Menzies resigned
director
2015-03-16
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KNIGHT, Alex appointed
director
2014-11-21
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STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-11-21
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BURNESS PAULL LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-11-21
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ABBEY, Mark Antony resigned
director
2014-11-21
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CALVERT, Neil Menzies appointed
director
2014-11-21
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DOBBIN, David Lawrence appointed
director
2014-11-21
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HELLER, Gary appointed
director
2014-11-21
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IMLACH, Michael Murdoch resigned
director
2014-11-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Praesidian Capital Luxco 2 S.A.R.L
2013-01-21
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BURNESS PAULL LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2013-01-21
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PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-01-03
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ABBEY, Mark Antony appointed
director
2013-01-03
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MAIR, Nicholas John resigned
director
2010-09-30
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CLOGGIE, John resigned
director
2010-09-30
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IMLACH, Michael Murdoch appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Helideck Analytics Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Helideck Analytics Ltd.

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

ultimate parent

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HELIDECK CERTIFICATION AGENCY LIMITED

This company · SC288177

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
Helideck Analytics Ltd. Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/04/2018

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-07-28

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

28 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1YL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21