AID FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC156874 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-24
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 63990Other information service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-01
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-09-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1995-03-27
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    DAVISON, Paul Graham appointed
    secretary
  17. 1995-03-27
    ➕
    DAVISON, Paul Graham appointed
    director
  18. 1995-03-27
    ➕
    ROACH, Robin Clive appointed
    director
  19. 1995-03-27
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1995-03-27
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 1995-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AID FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  22. 1995-03-24
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1995-03-24
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robin Clive Roach
Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/03/2017

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
Incorporated1995-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

8 Swallow Craig
Dalgety Bay
Dunfermline
KY11 9YR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DAVISON, Paul Graham→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-27
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Active
DAVISON, Paul Graham→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-03-27
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Active
ROACH, Robin Clive→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-03-27
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Active
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-03-24 · resigned 1995-03-27
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1995-03-24 · resigned 1995-03-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-08