DCM VENTURES LIMITED
🌱Startupactive
SC824152 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-27
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-04-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Charles J. Marshall (Aberdeen) Limited
- 2025-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-07📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-03-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-07📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-03-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-06➕MARSHALL, Charles Peter appointedsecretary
- 2025-03-06➕MARSHALL, Charles Peter appointeddirector
- 2025-03-06➕MARSHALL, David Colin appointeddirector
- 2025-03-06➖STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-03-06➖FORBES, Neil David resigneddirector
- 2025-03-06➖GARDNER, Ross Scott resigneddirector
- 2025-02-28✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-09-27🏢Company incorporatedAs DCM VENTURES LIMITED
- 2024-09-27➕STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-09-27➕FORBES, Neil David appointeddirector
- 2024-09-27➕GARDNER, Ross Scott appointeddirector
- 2024-09-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 1.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-02-28: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles Peter Marshall Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/03/2025 |
Mr David Colin Marshall Individual · British · DOB 10/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/03/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Stronachs Nominees Limitedceased 06/03/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-09-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Chapel Works
Bucksburn
Aberdeen
AB21 9TL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
MARSHALL, Charles Peter→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-03-06
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MARSHALL, Charles Peter→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-03-06
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MARSHALL, David Colin→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2025-03-06
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STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2024-09-27 · resigned 2025-03-06
FORBES, Neil David→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-09-27 · resigned 2025-03-06
GARDNER, Ross Scott→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-09-27 · resigned 2025-03-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Charles J. Marshall (Aberdeen) Charles J. Marshall (Aberdeen) Limited | A registered charge | — | 31/03/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-07