T D C (ABERDEEN) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC181456 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-12

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 27.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	17400	15700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-19
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ROBERTSON, Graeme Mckay appointed
director
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
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gazette · DISS40
2022-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-06-08
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-01-05
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2021-12-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2020-12-30
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2020-04-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2018-06-14
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-08-03
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DOUGLAS, John William appointed
director
2015-08-03
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MCNEIL, Karen appointed
director
2009-12-17
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Charge satisfied #3
2009-12-09
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Charge satisfied #4
2001-10-23
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-05-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2001-04-25
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-04-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2000-09-01
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SHEPHERD & WEDDERBURN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-09-01
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THE COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTICE resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-03-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-02-25
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MILNE, Neil appointed
director
1997-12-31
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MILNE, Helen appointed
director
1997-12-31
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-12-12
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Company incorporated
As T D C (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
1997-12-12
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THE COMMERCIAL LAW PRACTICE appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-12-12
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Neil Milne Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	17/07/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-12-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

37 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

Aberdeen City

AB10 1YN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-29

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14