DEVON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC249134 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
72 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-09-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-09-16
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    GUY, Julian resigned
    director
  7. 2022-06-27
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    BAAS, Sheena resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-06-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-10
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    address · AD01
  12. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-02-22
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-05-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2009-10-23
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    BURNETT, Keith Lockhart Brooks resigned
    director
  20. 2008-08-01
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    GUY, Julian appointed
    director
  21. 2008-02-01
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    BURNETT, Keith Lockhart Brooks appointed
    director
  22. 2007-12-31
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    SIMPSON, Lawrence resigned
    director
  23. 2006-04-30
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    BAAS, Sheena appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-04-30
    ➖
    KINNAIRD, Janette resigned
    secretary
  25. 2006-04-30
    ➖
    KINNAIRD, David resigned
    director
  26. 2006-04-30
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    KINNAIRD, Janette resigned
    director
  27. 2006-04-29
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    WILLS, Kenneth Hamish Jarvis appointed
    director
  28. 2006-04-29
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    SIMPSON, Lawrence appointed
    director
  29. 2003-06-04
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    KINNAIRD, Janette appointed
    secretary
  30. 2003-06-04
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    KINNAIRD, David appointed
    director
  31. 2003-06-04
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    KINNAIRD, Janette appointed
    director
  32. 2003-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As DEVON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD.
  33. 2003-05-09
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-05-09
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2003-05-09
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2003-05-09
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2003-05-09
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2003-05-09
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Kenneth Wills
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2017

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

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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
Incorporated2003-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Skellywell Cottage
Beattock
Moffat
DG10 9SG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

WILLS, Kenneth Hamish Jarvis→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAAS, Sheena→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-30 · resigned 2022-06-27
Resigned
KINNAIRD, Janette→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2006-04-30
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2003-05-09
Resigned
BURNETT, Keith Lockhart Brooks→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2009-10-23
Resigned
GUY, Julian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-08-01 · resigned 2022-09-16
Resigned
KINNAIRD, David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2006-04-30
Resigned
KINNAIRD, Janette→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2006-04-30
Resigned
SIMPSON, Lawrence→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-04-29 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2003-05-09
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2003-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22