CONTEMPORARY DESIGN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC236299 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-03
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£387.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £387,639
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,484 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£388k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£388k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£79k£158k£238k£317k£396kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£387.6k£396.1k
Current assets£387.6k£395.3k
Net assets£387.6k£396.1k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-04-11
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  3. 2023-03-28
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  4. 2022-06-14
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-02-16
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-10
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  8. 2019-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-06-12
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  10. 2018-04-05
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  11. 2018-04-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-06-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-22
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  14. 2015-09-29
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  15. 2015-05-21
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  16. 2002-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CONTEMPORARY DESIGN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  17. 2002-09-03
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    ANDERSON, Catherine Lynne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-09-03
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Alexander Kevin appointed
    director
  19. 2002-09-03
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-09-03
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Kevin Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Catherine Lynne Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2002-09-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

11 Meadowbank Place
Newton Mearns
Glasgow
G77 6TB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, Catherine Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-03
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Active
ANDERSON, Alexander Kevin→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-09-03
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-03 · resigned 2002-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-05