CPM DESIGN & SURVEY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC322232 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,367
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,384 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 87% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£9k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Net assets£1.4k£10.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  3. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-08-21
    ➕
    MAHONEY, Paula appointed
    director
  17. 2007-04-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CPM DESIGN & SURVEY LTD.
  18. 2007-04-25
    ➕
    MAHONEY, Paula appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-04-25
    ➕
    MAHONEY, Craig appointed
    director
  20. 2007-04-25
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-04-25
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-04-25
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2007-04-25
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Craig Mahoney
Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Paula Mahoney
Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Castlepark Grove
Kintore
Aberdeenshire
AB51 0SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MAHONEY, Paula→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAHONEY, Craig→
director · ~47y · appointed 2007-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAHONEY, Paula→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-25 · resigned 2007-04-25
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-25 · resigned 2007-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22