ORCADES MARINE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC385696 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-21

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	800	700

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 miscellaneous

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-14
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officers · AP01
2023-02-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-12
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NG, Ding Feng appointed
director
2023-02-12
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THOMSON, Tracy Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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officers · TM01
2022-07-28
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DAVIES, Gareth John, Dr resigned
director
2021-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-02-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-02-12
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THOMSON, Alexandra Jane appointed
director
2010-09-21
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Company incorporated
As ORCADES MARINE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD
2010-09-21
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A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-09-21
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THOMSON, David Campbell appointed
director
2010-09-21
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DAVIES, Gareth John, Dr appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alexandra Jane Thomson Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/02/2025
Ding Feng Ng Individual · Singaporean · DOB 08/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/08/2023
Mr David Campbell Thomson Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	21/09/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Aquatera Group Limitedceased 30/08/2023· 25-50% shares
Dr Gareth John Daviesceased 12/02/2020· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2010-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

8 Albert Street

Kirkwall

Orkney

KW15 1HP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20