D.C. THOMSON & CO PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC462325 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-10-25

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

13 officers (9 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
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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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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-18
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STANHOPE, Alexander George appointed
director
2025-03-18
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TSANG, Emily appointed
director
2024-12-17
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FORESTER, Guy resigned
director
2024-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-13
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THOMSON, Michael Francis appointed
director
2023-04-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-31
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HALL, David Gordon resigned
director
2022-07-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-23
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DOUGLAS, Irene resigned
director
2022-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
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ASKELAND, Erikka Jean appointed
director
2021-05-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-30
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MCGUIRE, Ian Charles resigned
director
2020-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-02-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-02-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-02-19
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DALY, Robert Paul appointed
director
2019-02-19
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FORESTER, Guy appointed
director
2013-12-17
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NIMMO, Struan David Ian appointed
director
2013-12-17
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MCGUIRE, Ian Charles appointed
director
2013-10-25
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Company incorporated
As D.C. THOMSON & CO PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED
2013-10-25
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2013-10-25
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MUTCH, Watson appointed
director
2013-10-25
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THOMSON, Christopher Harold William appointed
director
2013-10-25
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DOUGLAS, Irene appointed
director
2013-10-25
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HALL, David Gordon appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "THOMSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — THOMSON, Michael Francis (same surname) appointed 2023-09-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2013-10-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC65300 — Pension funding

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-08

Last: 2025-10-25