DOMEGA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

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SC191170 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (75/100)

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, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees100100

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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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
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-13
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-08-19
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  5. 2021-08-10
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  6. 2020-08-20
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-02-21
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    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-01-23
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    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2017-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-11-17
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    DOBBIE, Eileen appointed
    secretary
  17. 1998-11-17
    ➕
    DOBBIE, Neil appointed
    director
  18. 1998-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As DOMEGA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  19. 1998-11-16
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    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1998-11-16
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    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-11-16
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    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1998-11-16
    ➖
    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1998-11-16
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1998-11-16
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    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 63. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Neil Dobbie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-11-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

12 Cedar Crescent
Hamilton
ML3 7LW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DOBBIE, Eileen→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOBBIE, Neil→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-16 · resigned 1998-11-16
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-11-16 · resigned 1998-11-16
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-11-16 · resigned 1998-11-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-21