DISCOVERY INVESTMENT FUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC297769 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-02-24

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

23 officers (15 active, 23 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	0	0

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

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2 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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officers · CH01
2024-09-19
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accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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officers · AP03
2023-07-03
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officers · TM02
2023-07-01
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CARNEGIE, Glenn Mark appointed
secretary
2023-07-01
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FINDLAY, Julie resigned
secretary
2023-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
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officers · AP01
2021-02-01
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LANDSBURGH, David Scott appointed
director
2020-12-03
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address · AD01
2020-09-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-23
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart resigned
director
2019-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-20
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accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2018-06-12
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accounts · AA
2018-03-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-11-20
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ROBERTSON, John Stewart appointed
director
2017-02-14
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PRESTON, Robert John resigned
director
2013-12-03
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WILSON, Douglas Ian resigned
director
2013-03-20
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WILSON, Douglas Ian appointed
director
2013-03-04
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GREENE, Michael Thomas resigned
director
2012-01-17
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GREENE, Michael Thomas appointed
director
2009-07-06
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CHEYNE, David George Thomson appointed
director
2009-06-04
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LANDSBURGH, Scott resigned
director
2009-03-25
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INGRAM, Kenneth Alexander resigned
director
2009-03-07
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SMITH, Donald John appointed
director
2009-02-19
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FLYNN, Douglas James appointed
director
2008-12-16
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FINDLAY, Julie appointed
secretary
2008-11-16
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FISHER, Susie resigned
secretary
2007-10-15
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BUDGE, Ann Cochrane Cook Wallace appointed
director
2007-08-01
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MOUNTFORD, John Edgar appointed
director
2007-05-09
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LANDSBURGH, Scott appointed
director
2007-05-09
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PRESTON, Robert John appointed
director
2006-05-30
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CARNEGIE, James Derek Scott appointed
director
2006-04-26
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BRUCE, Stephen appointed
director
2006-04-07
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BENNETT, John Madden appointed
director
2006-03-27
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HAY, Graeme appointed
director
2006-03-23
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ESPOSITO, Francesco Jozef appointed
director
2006-03-17
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BEATON, John Harvey appointed
director
2006-03-09
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CONWAY, Laura Greig appointed
director
2006-03-09
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ROY, James appointed
director
2006-02-24
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Company incorporated
As DISCOVERY INVESTMENT FUND LIMITED
2006-02-24
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FISHER, Susie appointed
secretary
2006-02-24
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INGRAM, Kenneth Alexander appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.

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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2006-02-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

41a Gray Street

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 2BJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24