DEVELOP GLOBAL PARTNERS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC440142 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-02-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-01-11🏢Company incorporatedAs DEVELOP GLOBAL PARTNERS LTD
- 2013-01-11➕STRANGE, Judith appointedsecretary
- 2013-01-11➕DALZIEL, Shirley Alison appointeddirector
- 2013-01-11➕STRANGE, Judith Elizabeth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ms Shirley Alison Dalziel Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Judith Elizabeth Strange Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-01-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Haldane House
21 Kenilworth Road
Bridge Of Allan
Stirlingshire
FK9 4DU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
DALZIEL, Shirley Alison→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2013-01-11
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STRANGE, Judith Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2013-01-11
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Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-15