CARGILL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC285580 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-01
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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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees2100

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
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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  2. 2024-07-11
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  3. 2024-07-11
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  4. 2024-07-10
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    ROBERTSON, Alison Mary appointed
    director
  5. 2024-07-10
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    ROBERTSON, Hamish resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-07-09
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  7. 2023-09-26
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  8. 2022-09-21
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  9. 2021-08-31
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  10. 2020-11-30
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  11. 2019-08-30
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  12. 2018-08-30
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  13. 2017-08-22
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  14. 2016-06-02
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  15. 2016-05-17
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  16. 2015-06-04
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  17. 2015-05-18
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  18. 2014-07-14
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  19. 2005-06-02
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    ROBERTSON, Hamish resigned
    director
  20. 2005-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CARGILL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT LTD
  21. 2005-06-01
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    ROBERTSON, Gavin Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2005-06-01
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    ROBERTSON, Hamish appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-06-01
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    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-06-01
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    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-06-01
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    ROBERTSON, Hamish appointed
    director
  26. 2005-06-01
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    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2005-06-01
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    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 2005-06-01
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    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2005-06-01
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    COSEC LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gavin Andrew Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/05/2017

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
Incorporated2005-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

45 Stirling Road
Edinburgh
EH5 3JB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Alison Mary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Gavin Andrew→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Hamish→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2024-07-10
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Hamish→
director · ~95y · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2005-06-02
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2005-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-30