DEESIDE LIFTING & INSPECTION LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC306003 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-27
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.07M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
8 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,073,605
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£193k
↓ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£922k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£215k£429k£644k£859k£1.1mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.07M£1.07M
Current assets£921.6k£943.0k
Cash£192.9k£215.3k
Debtors£18.1k£17.2k
Net assets£1.07M£1.07M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-06
    ➕
    PETRIE, Patricia appointed
    director
  17. 2012-07-01
    ➕
    PETRIE, Steven appointed
    director
  18. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    PETRIE, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2006-07-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DEESIDE LIFTING & INSPECTION LTD.
  20. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    PETRIE, Patricia appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    PETRIE, Donald appointed
    director
  22. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-07-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-07-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

8 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Patricia Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Mark Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Donald Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Steven Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Patricia Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Donald Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Mark Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Steven Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Goldwells House
Grange Road
Peterhead
AB42 1WN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

PETRIE, Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETRIE, Donald→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-07-27
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Active
PETRIE, Mark→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
PETRIE, Patricia→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-04-06
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Active
PETRIE, Steven→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-07-01
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2006-07-27
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2006-07-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12