DRUMMOND MELVILLE (UK) LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC371273 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-18
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (87/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
76 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

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-312024-01-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-06
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-06-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-06-03
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    RAE, Marc resigned
    director
  10. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-08
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2021-10-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  13. 2021-10-08
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  14. 2021-10-08
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  15. 2021-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-09-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2021-09-27
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    address · AD01
  19. 2021-09-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2021-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2021-08-04
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    RAE, Marc appointed
    director
  22. 2019-01-18
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    HORNE, Patrick Joseph resigned
    director
  23. 2015-09-29
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    HORNE, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  24. 2010-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As DRUMMOND MELVILLE (UK) LTD
  25. 2010-01-18
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    MORGAN, David William appointed
    secretary
  26. 2010-01-18
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    MORGAN, David William 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 David William Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/01/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Marc Raeceased 03/06/2022· board control
  • Mr Patrick Joseph Horneceased 15/05/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

8a Tweed Mills
Dunsdale Road
Selkirk
Scottish Borders
TD7 5DZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MORGAN, David William→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-18
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Active
MORGAN, David William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-01-18
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Active
HORNE, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-09-29 · resigned 2019-01-18
Resigned
RAE, Marc→
director · ~35y · appointed 2021-08-04 · resigned 2022-06-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-20