UNITED KINGDOM TESTING & CERTIFICATION LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC654601 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-14
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.86M
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,856,296
Cash YoY
+47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.2m
↑ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£2.9m
↑ 117% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 78% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£571k£1.1m£1.7m£2.3m£2.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.88M£1.32M
Current assets£2.54M£1.42M
Cash£1.21M£819.2k
Debtors£1.27M£538.9k
Net assets£2.86M£1.32M

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.

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 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-16
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  3. 2025-09-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-07-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-07-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-07-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-07-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-07-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2025-07-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-07-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2025-07-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2025-07-02
    CLAY, James appointed
    director
  15. 2025-07-02
    GOODWIN, Jason Richard appointed
    director
  16. 2025-07-02
    HUTCHISON, Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2025-07-02
    MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas appointed
    director
  18. 2025-07-02
    BROWN, David resigned
    director
  19. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2025-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2025-06-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2024-04-26
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    capital · SH02
  24. 2024-04-24
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  25. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2021-09-16
    FULCHER, Andrew resigned
    director
  28. 2021-09-03
    FULCHER, Andrew appointed
    director
  29. 2020-02-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As UNITED KINGDOM TESTING & CERTIFICATION LIMITED
  30. 2020-02-14
    BROWN, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

40/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-06

Group structure

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

🏛️
Socotec Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
UNITED KINGDOM TESTING & CERTIFICATION LIMITED
This company · SC654601

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Socotec Uk Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/07/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Brownceased 02/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

Cairnmuir House Cairnmuir Road
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G74 4GY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-06OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CLAY, James
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-07-02
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Active
GOODWIN, Jason Richard
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-07-02
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Active
HUTCHISON, Andrew
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-07-02
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Active
MARRIOTT, Matthew Giles Thomas
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-07-02
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Active
BROWN, David
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-02-14 · resigned 2025-07-02
Resigned
FULCHER, Andrew
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-09-03 · resigned 2021-09-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-05
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-09-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-18