DMC BOOKKEEPING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC433302 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-25
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£2.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,866

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 444% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£10k£15k£21k£26kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£2.9k£12.9k
Current assets£13.8k£25.7k
Net assets£2.9k£527

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-01-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-09-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As DMC BOOKKEEPING LIMITED
  18. 2012-09-25
    MCCREADY, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
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 14 years.
  • 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 Mccready
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
75100%
75-100% shares25/09/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2012-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

Unit 5 Castle Drive
Falkirk
Falkirk
FK2 7UX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCCREADY, David
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-09-25
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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-21