D STEVEN & SON

🌳Matureactive
SC174715 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1997-04-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2026-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2026-03-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2019-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2017-07-20
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2017-07-20
    📄
    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  9. 2017-07-20
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2017-07-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2017-07-04
    ➕
    STEVEN, David Alexander appointed
    director
  12. 2016-04-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-10-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2015-10-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  15. 2015-07-31
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  16. 2015-07-31
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2015-04-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 1997-05-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 1997-04-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As D STEVEN & SON
  21. 1997-04-16
    ➕
    STEVEN, Rita appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-04-16
    ➕
    STEVEN, Christopher appointed
    director
  23. 1997-04-16
    ➕
    STEVEN, David Alexander appointed
    director
  24. 1997-04-16
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-04-16
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-04-16
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1997-04-16
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STEVEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

D Steven & Son Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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D Steven & Son Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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D STEVEN & SON
This company · SC174715

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
D Steven & Son Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/03/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Alexander Stevenceased 03/03/2026· 75-100% 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
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1997-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Alexander Building Scrabster Business Park
Scrabster
Thurso
Caithness
KW14 7UJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last: 2025-04-16

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

STEVEN, Rita→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-16
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Active
STEVEN, Christopher→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-04-16
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Active
STEVEN, David Alexander→
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-07-04
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Active
STEVEN, David Alexander→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-04-16
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 1997-04-16
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 1997-04-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property01/05/199706/10/2015

Recent filings (58 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-04-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2017-07-20