VME COOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC274787 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 capital
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-12-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-13
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  5. 2025-10-13
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  6. 2025-10-08
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  7. 2025-10-08
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  8. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-07-08
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  10. 2025-07-07
    📄
    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  11. 2025-04-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2024-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-04-30
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2023-10-30
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2023-10-30
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  16. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2023-04-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2023-02-16
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  19. 2023-02-16
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  20. 2022-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-03-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2016-04-19
    ➕
    GILL, Stephen Russell appointed
    director
  23. 2011-06-17
    ➖
    GILL, Stephen Russell resigned
    director
  24. 2010-06-18
    ➖
    BAUDANT, Noelle resigned
    director
  25. 2004-10-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As VME COOP LIMITED
  26. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    COYLE, Richard David appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    COYLE, Richard David appointed
    director
  28. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    KANE, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-10-15
    ➖
    KANE, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary
  30. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    BAUDANT, Noelle appointed
    director
  31. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    GILL, Stephen Russell appointed
    director
  32. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph appointed
    director
  33. 2004-10-15
    ➖
    HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph resigned
    director
  34. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    KANE, Dorothy May appointed
    director
  35. 2004-10-15
    ➖
    KANE, Dorothy May resigned
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Vme Trustees Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Vme Trustees Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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VME COOP LIMITED
This company · SC274787

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
Vme Trustees Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/09/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Stephen Russell Gillceased 28/09/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Mr Richard David Coyleceased 28/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-10-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Crook Of Devon House
Main Street
Crook Of Devon
Perth & Kinross
KY13 0UQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

COYLE, Richard David→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COYLE, Richard David→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILL, Stephen Russell→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KANE, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned
BAUDANT, Noelle→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2010-06-18
Resigned
GILL, Stephen Russell→
director · ~50y · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2011-06-17
Resigned
HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned
KANE, Dorothy May→
director · ~90y · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-10-13
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-10-13
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-10-08
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-07-08
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-07-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-30