DMPM SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC348103 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-04
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£548.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £548,323
Net assets shrinking
Down £64,257 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£535k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Net Worth
£548k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£123k£245k£368k£490k£613kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Cash£534.8k£584.0k
Net assets£548.3k£612.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2016-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-09-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DMPM SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2008-09-04
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Frances Kristine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-09-04
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Donald Henry 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 69. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Frances Kristine Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/11/2016
Mr Donald Henry Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
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
Incorporated2008-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Meadows Caulfield Road North
Cradlehall
Inverness
Highland
IV2 5NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Frances Kristine→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-04
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Active
MACKENZIE, Donald Henry→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-09-04
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Active

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Recent filings (40 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-06