CEPHAS PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC334654 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-29
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-10.2k
book net assets
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
40 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,170

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£10k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-10.2k
Current assets£19.2k
Net assets£-10.2k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-27
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  3. 2023-10-18
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  4. 2022-11-11
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  5. 2021-11-18
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  6. 2020-12-07
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  7. 2019-11-26
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  8. 2018-12-18
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  9. 2017-12-13
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  10. 2016-12-06
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  11. 2015-12-21
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  12. 2015-12-08
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  13. 2014-12-01
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  14. 2014-11-24
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  15. 2013-12-23
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  16. 2007-12-03
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    DEANS, Elaine resigned
    director
  17. 2007-11-29
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    Company incorporated
    As CEPHAS PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  18. 2007-11-29
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    BENTON, Margaret Maureen Waldie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-11-29
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    BENTON, Peter John appointed
    director
  20. 2007-11-29
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    DEANS, Elaine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter John Benton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/11/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

12 Woodlands Place
Inverbervie
Montrose
Angus
DD10 0SL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BENTON, Margaret Maureen Waldie→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-29
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Active
BENTON, Peter John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-11-29
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Active
DEANS, Elaine→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-11-29 · resigned 2007-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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2025-12-23
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2025-10-22
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2024-12-27
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2024-11-30
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2023-12-06
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2023-10-18
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2022-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2022-11-11
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2021-12-31
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2021-11-18
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2020-12-15
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2020-12-07
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2019-11-29
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2019-11-26
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2018-12-18