DELUXE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC342609 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-08

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (76/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,175

Cash YoY

+25%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↑ 25% YoY

Net Worth

£1k

↑ 217% YoY

Current Assets

£13k

↑ 5.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.2k	£-1.0k
Current assets	£13.3k	£12.6k
Cash	£2.4k	£1.9k
Debtors	£10.9k	£10.7k
Net assets	£1.2k	£-1.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2024-11-19
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accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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accounts · AA
2023-05-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-28
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accounts · AA
2022-01-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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2019-12-20
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2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2017-12-31
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accounts · AA
2016-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-05-17
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accounts · AA01
2016-02-26
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accounts · AA
2015-05-19
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annual-return · AR01
2009-03-04
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HARGREAVES, Charles Robert resigned
secretary
2009-03-01
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WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-05-08
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Company incorporated
As DELUXE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
2008-05-08
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MATHIESON, Iain Rowan appointed
director
2008-05-08
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HARGREAVES, Charles Robert appointed
secretary
2008-05-08
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HAYNES, Avril appointed
director
2008-05-08
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HAYNES, Avril resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Iain Rowan Mathieson Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-05-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Mccallum Associates Castleblair Works

Inglis Lane

Dunfermline

Fife

KY12 9DP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-01

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Active

MATHIESON, Iain Rowan→

director · ~79y · appointed 2008-05-08

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Active

HARGREAVES, Charles Robert→

secretary · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2009-03-04

Resigned

HAYNES, Avril→

director · ~87y · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2008-05-08

Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-11-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-08-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-23

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-05-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-10-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-01-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2020-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2019-12-20