DEGEMONT ENGINEERING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06108248 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-03-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-03-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-03-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-03-18
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  17. 2021-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-03-03
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    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  19. 2008-07-10
    ➖
    JORDAN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2007-04-05
    ➕
    BIGHAM, Kenneth John appointed
    director
  21. 2007-04-05
    ➖
    BROOKSON DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2007-02-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DEGEMONT ENGINEERING LIMITED
  23. 2007-02-15
    ➕
    JORDAN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-02-15
    ➕
    BROOKSON DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth John Bigham
Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/09/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ken Bighamceased 20/09/2017· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

St David's House
48 Free Street
Brecon
Powys
LD3 7BN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

BIGHAM, Kenneth John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORDAN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-15 · resigned 2008-07-10
Resigned
BROOKSON DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-15 · resigned 2007-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02