COMB & DAVIDSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC175051 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-01
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
68 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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-30
Average employees0

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-04-10
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    STURROCK, Ian James Mcpherson appointed
    director
  18. 2002-04-10
    ➖
    DAVIDSON, Peter resigned
    director
  19. 1997-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As COMB & DAVIDSON LIMITED
  20. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    COMB, David Anderson appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    COMB, David Anderson appointed
    director
  22. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-05-01
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "COMB" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

Sturrock Comb & Davidson Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sturrock Comb & Davidson Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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COMB & DAVIDSON LIMITED
This company · SC175051

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sturrock Comb & Davidson Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-05-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

150a Lochee Road
Dundee
Angus
DD2 2LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COMB, David Anderson→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMB, David Anderson→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STURROCK, Ian James Mcpherson→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 1997-05-01
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 2002-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-20