MVB COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC252952 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-17
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£51.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Quantity surveying activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
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
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £51,735

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£52k
Current Assets
£105k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£51.7k
Current assets£105.1k
Net assets£51.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-19
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    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-07-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As MVB COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD
  17. 2003-07-17
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    BEELEY, Melanie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-07-17
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    BEELEY, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2003-07-17
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-07-17
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

85/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Beeley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Melanie Beeley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74902 — Quantity surveying activities

Registered office

Cairnlee Fintry Road
Kippen
Stirlingshire
FK8 3HL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BEELEY, Melanie→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEELEY, Mark→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-17
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Active
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2003-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-19