CDFS CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC393485 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-14

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 2026

Net worth

£69.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.1y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

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

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £69,634

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£70k

↑ 4.1% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 71% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£148.6k	£155.0k
Current assets	£2.6k	£9.0k
Net assets	£69.6k	£66.9k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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accounts · AA
2025-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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accounts · AA
2023-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-05-01
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2019-03-14
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mortgage · MR01
2019-03-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
2018-12-14
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accounts · AA
2018-04-16
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accounts · AAMD
2017-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-12-31
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accounts · AA
2016-02-28
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annual-return · AR01
2011-02-14
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Company incorporated
As CDFS CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS LTD
2011-02-14
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DOLAN, Carol Louise appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Miss Carol Louise Dolan Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1979 · age 47	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-02-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

179 Oldwood Place

Eliburn

Livingston

West Lothian

EH54 6UX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DOLAN, Carol Louise→

director · ~47y · appointed 2011-02-14

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	13/03/2019	—

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