DELTINGPHARM LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC383074 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-03

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: General medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

86900Other human health activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31
Average employees	11

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-02-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-15
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-04
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-10-25
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-18
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-18
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2012-07-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-08-03
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Company incorporated
As DELTINGPHARM LTD
2010-08-03
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SCOTT, Paul Andrew, Dr appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Paul Andrew Scott Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	03/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-08-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

65 King Harald Street

Lerwick

Shetland

ZE1 0ER

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-17

Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SCOTT, Paul Andrew, Dr→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-08-03

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	10/07/2012	18/05/2022

Recent filings (41 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-02-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-10

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-11-15

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-10-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-03

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-11-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-11-01

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-03

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-12-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-30

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2022-11-10

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-10-25