CONNECT DRIVER SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC511197 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-174
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
35 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £174
Net assets shrinking
Down £288 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£174
↓ 253% YoY
Current Assets
£30
↓ 100% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£174£13k£27k£40k£54k£67kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-174£114
Current assets£30£67.2k
Cash—£867
Debtors£30£66.4k
Net assets£-174£114

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2025-10-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-09-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-08-27
    ➕
    SHERRATT, Roger Leigh appointed
    director
  6. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-29
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    STEVEN, Stuart George resigned
    director
  10. 2022-07-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-08-11
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-08-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-08-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-08-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-08-01
    ➕
    HARPER, Gordon Philip appointed
    director
  18. 2021-08-01
    ➖
    CONNELLY, Denise Alice resigned
    director
  19. 2021-08-01
    ➖
    SIM, William resigned
    director
  20. 2021-05-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-03-14
    ➕
    CONNELLY, Denise Alice appointed
    director
  24. 2015-08-25
    ➕
    STEVEN, Stuart George appointed
    director
  25. 2015-07-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CONNECT DRIVER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  26. 2015-07-20
    ➕
    SIM, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Connect Appointments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Connect Appointments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CONNECT DRIVER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · SC511197

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Connect Appointments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares · firm interest20/10/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gordon Philip Harperceased 19/10/2025· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
  • Mr Stuart George Stevenceased 01/08/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2015-07-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

200 Bath Street Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HARPER, Gordon Philip→
director · ~72y · appointed 2021-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHERRATT, Roger Leigh→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONNELLY, Denise Alice→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-03-14 · resigned 2021-08-01
Resigned
SIM, William→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-07-20 · resigned 2021-08-01
Resigned
STEVEN, Stuart George→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-08-25 · resigned 2022-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20