PRODUCTION CHEMISTRY TRAINING LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC737487 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-05
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Hygiene score: 8590
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£5.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does

Likely delivers specialist training and education programmes focused on production chemistry — probably serving the oil and gas industry given its Scottish base — covering topics such as chemical treatment, flow assurance, and oilfield chemistry for industry professionals.

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,302

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£5.3k
Current assets£9.2k
Net assets£5.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-09-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-09-15
    CADDELL, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-29
    CADDELL, Susan Elizabeth resigned
    director
  8. 2024-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PRODUCTION CHEMISTRY TRAINING LIMITED
  10. 2022-07-05
    HEATH, Stephen Mark appointed
    director
  11. 2022-07-05
    CADDELL, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    director
  12. 2022-07-05
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Ms Susan Elizabeth Caddell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/07/2022
Mr Stephen Mark Heath
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/07/2022

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
Incorporated2022-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Mill Of Towie
Arnage
Ellon
AB41 8PZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CADDELL, Susan Elizabeth
director · ~63y · appointed 2025-09-15
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Active
HEATH, Stephen Mark
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-07-05
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Active
CADDELL, Susan Elizabeth
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-07-05 · resigned 2025-04-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-05