TMB CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC348854 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-19
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£32.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
45 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 £32,067

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£32k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£13k£19k£26k£32kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£32.1k£32.1k
Net assets£32.1k£32.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-29
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  2. 2024-06-20
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  3. 2023-06-26
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  4. 2022-06-30
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  5. 2021-06-24
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  6. 2020-06-29
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  7. 2019-06-25
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  8. 2018-06-26
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  9. 2017-06-14
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  10. 2016-06-19
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  11. 2015-10-07
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  12. 2015-04-20
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  13. 2014-09-24
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  14. 2014-06-18
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  15. 2013-10-08
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  16. 2008-10-02
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    BIGGART, Thomas Mckenzie appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-10-02
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    BIGGART, Thomas Mckenzie appointed
    director
  18. 2008-10-02
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    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-10-02
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    CONNON, Roger Gordon resigned
    director
  20. 2008-10-02
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    RUTHERFORD, John Arthur Thomas resigned
    director
  21. 2008-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As TMB CONSULTING LIMITED
  22. 2008-09-19
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    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-09-19
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    CONNON, Roger Gordon appointed
    director
  24. 2008-09-19
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    RUTHERFORD, John Arthur Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mrs Deborah Jane Biggart
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/09/2016

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
Incorporated2008-09-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

3 St Davids Business Park Dalgety Bay
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 9PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BIGGART, Thomas Mckenzie→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-02
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Active
BIGGART, Thomas Mckenzie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-10-02
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Active
MD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-19 · resigned 2008-10-02
Resigned
CONNON, Roger Gordon→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-09-19 · resigned 2008-10-02
Resigned
RUTHERFORD, John Arthur Thomas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-09-19 · resigned 2008-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

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2025-06-29
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2024-10-03
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2024-06-20
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2023-09-20
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2023-06-26
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2022-09-20
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2022-06-30
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2021-11-03
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2021-06-24
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2020-10-01
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2020-06-29
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2019-10-09
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2019-06-25
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