DIVERSITY CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC246388 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-25

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£1.83M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

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 (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,831,773

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1.8m

↑ 6.2% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↑ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£1.83M	£1.72M
Current assets	£1.05M	£847.1k
Net assets	£1.83M	£1.72M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2025-02-28
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accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-24
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-25
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BELL, James Dickson appointed
director
2016-02-25
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officers · AP01
2015-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-30
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2004-05-06
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BELL, Hazel appointed
director
2003-03-25
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Company incorporated
As DIVERSITY CONSULTING LIMITED
2003-03-25
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BELL, Hazel appointed
secretary
2003-03-25
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BELL, Graeme Lamond appointed
director
2003-03-25
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-25
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2003-03-25
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2003-03-25
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graeme Lamond Bell Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	01/01/2017
Mrs Hazel Bell Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2003-03-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

4 Drumgray Lane

Greengairs

Airdrie

Lanarkshire

ML6 7UH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-06

Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BELL, Hazel→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-25

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Active

BELL, Graeme Lamond→

director · ~50y · appointed 2003-03-25

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Active

BELL, Hazel→

director · ~47y · appointed 2004-05-06

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Active

BELL, James Dickson→

director · ~75y · appointed 2016-02-25

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-25 · resigned 2003-03-25

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-25 · resigned 2003-03-25

Resigned

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