INVERNESS CONSTRUCTION LTD.
Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (49/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2015-02-06📄gazette-dissolved-voluntarygazette · GAZ2(A)
- 2015-02-06🏁Company dissolved
- 2014-10-17📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2014-10-03📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2014-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-31📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2013-11-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-11-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-06-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2012-06-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2012-06-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2012-06-12📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2012-06-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2011-10-13➕GLASS, Richard appointeddirector
- 2011-10-13➕GLASS, Robert William appointeddirector
- 2011-10-13➕GORDON, Gavin Sinclair appointeddirector
- 2011-10-13➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2011-10-13➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
- 2011-10-12🏢Company incorporatedAs INVERNESS CONSTRUCTION LTD.
- 2011-10-12➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2011-10-12➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2011-10-12📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2015-02-06
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