CDS (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC198777 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£29.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 61100Wired telecommunications activities
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,577
Net assets shrinking
Down £57,198 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£30k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£154k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£31k£62k£92k£123k£154kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£46.9k£86.8k
Current assets£154.0k£105.4k
Net assets£29.6k£86.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-08-15
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    MULHOLLAND, Kris appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-02-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-02-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-02-06
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    POWELL, Maureen Isabel resigned
    secretary
  10. 2023-02-06
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    POWELL, Maureen Isabel resigned
    director
  11. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2019-06-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2019-01-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2006-05-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  22. 2003-08-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  23. 1999-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As CDS (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) LTD
  24. 1999-08-10
    ➕
    POWELL, Richard appointed
    director
  25. 1999-08-10
    ➕
    POWELL, Maureen Isabel appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-08-10
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-08-10
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 1999-08-10
    ➕
    POWELL, Maureen Isabel appointed
    director
  29. 1999-08-10
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  30. 1999-08-10
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  31. 1999-08-10
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  32. 1999-08-10
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

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 Richard Lionel Powell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Maureen Isabel Powellceased 06/02/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated1999-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

20a Portland Road
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MULHOLLAND, Kris→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWELL, Richard→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWELL, Maureen Isabel→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 2023-02-06
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 1999-08-10
Resigned
POWELL, Maureen Isabel→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 2023-02-06
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 1999-08-10
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 1999-08-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property26/05/2006—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property20/08/200318/06/2019
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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-09