DE LUCA CORPORATE COACHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC522835 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£32.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £32,366

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£32k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£15k£23k£30k£38kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£34.0k£26.5k
Current assets£38.0k£34.1k
Net assets£32.4k£24.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-14
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2015-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As DE LUCA CORPORATE COACHING LIMITED
  13. 2015-12-18
    ➕
    DE LUCA, Avril Jocelynne appointed
    director
  14. 2015-12-18
    ➕
    DE LUCA, Michael Anthony appointed
    director
  15. 2015-12-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DE LUCA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-05-14: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Deluca
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Avril Jocelynne De Luca
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-12-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
Tayside
PH1 5JN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DE LUCA, Avril Jocelynne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-12-18
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Active
DE LUCA, Michael Anthony→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-12-18
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-18