CDP DIRECT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03877882 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2015-08-31➖SCANLON, Mark Joseph resigneddirector
- 1999-11-25➕BRACKEN, Paul appointedsecretary
- 1999-11-25➕SCANLON, Paul Edward appointeddirector
- 1999-11-25➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-11-25➕SCANLON, Mark Joseph appointeddirector
- 1999-11-25➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-11-16🏢Company incorporatedAs CDP DIRECT LIMITED
- 1999-11-16➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-11-16➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Cdp Employee Share Ownership Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Cdp Employee Share Ownership Trust
Corporate parent · board control
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CDP DIRECT LIMITED
This company · 03877882
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Paul Edward Scanlon Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Cdp Employee Share Ownership Trust Corporate entity | — | — | board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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| 14 CANNING STREET, LIVERPOOL LIMITED→ 04254126 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
Forms House 74-82 Rose Lane
Liverpool
Merseyside
L18 8EE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
SCANLON, Paul Edward→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1999-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 1999-11-25
SCANLON, Mark Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 1999-11-25 · resigned 2015-08-31
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 1999-11-25
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-29