T.D.S OFFSHORE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC338927 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-05
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Scaffold erection
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-13
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2020-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-06
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    WARD, Maureen appointed
    director
  17. 2008-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As T.D.S OFFSHORE LTD
  18. 2008-03-05
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    WARD, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-05
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    WARD, Brian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Ward
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Maureen Ward
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

Stannergate House 41 Dundee Road West
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 1NB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WARD, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-05
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Active
WARD, Brian→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-03-05
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Active
WARD, Maureen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-04-06
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Recent filings (51 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-02-13