D.M.S. INSPECTION SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC284019 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-29

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	200	200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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2025-01-13
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2023-10-20
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2023-01-23
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2021-11-04
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2020-12-11
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2019-11-04
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2018-10-26
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2017-09-23
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2017-01-16
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2016-05-10
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-13
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accounts · AA
2015-05-12
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2014-09-18
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2014-05-01
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2013-11-05
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2005-04-29
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Company incorporated
As D.M.S. INSPECTION SERVICES LIMITED
2005-04-29
➕
STEWART, Leah appointed
secretary
2005-04-29
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STEWART, David Mitchell appointed
director
2005-04-29
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FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-04-29
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FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-04-29
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2005-04-29
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 David Mitchell Stewart Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	29/04/2017
Mrs Leah Stewart Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	29/04/2017

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

Incorporated2005-04-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Bloo Hoose

Charleston, Nigg

Aberdeen

AB12 3LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13

Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

STEWART, Leah→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-29

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Active

STEWART, David Mitchell→

director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-29

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Active

FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-04-29 · resigned 2005-04-29

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-04-29 · resigned 2005-04-29

Resigned

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