DELUXE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED

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SC342609 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-08
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,175
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 217% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£1k£2k£5k£8k£10k£13kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.2k£-1.0k
Current assets£13.3k£12.6k
Cash£2.4k£1.9k
Debtors£10.9k£10.7k
Net assets£1.2k£-1.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-05-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-03-04
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    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-03-01
    ➕
    WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As DELUXE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    MATHIESON, Iain Rowan appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Charles Robert appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    HAYNES, Avril appointed
    director
  23. 2008-05-08
    ➖
    HAYNES, Avril resigned
    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 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Rowan Mathieson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Mccallum Associates Castleblair Works
Inglis Lane
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 9DP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WYMET SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-01
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Active
MATHIESON, Iain Rowan→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGREAVES, Charles Robert→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2009-03-04
Resigned
HAYNES, Avril→
director · ~87y · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2008-05-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-20