STEWART INTERNATIONAL MARKETING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC522060 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-08

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-07-24
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2024-12-12
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officers · CH01
2024-09-03
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accounts · AA
2024-01-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-07
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-22
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officers · CH01
2022-12-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
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officers · TM01
2021-06-30
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FULLERTON, Andrew resigned
director
2021-06-30
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IFEANYI, John Ebokpo resigned
director
2021-06-30
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LAWRENCE, George Randolph resigned
director
2021-06-30
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PALMER, John Charles resigned
director
2021-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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2021-06-30
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2021-06-30
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officers · TM01
2021-06-08
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DAND, Alan Lindsay appointed
director
2021-06-08
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officers · AP01
2021-05-15
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STEWART, Thomas Alexander resigned
director
2021-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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LAWRENCE, George Randolph appointed
director
2016-11-22
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SHEPARD III, Jean appointed
director
2016-11-22
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FULLERTON, Andrew appointed
director
2016-11-22
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IFEANYI, John Ebokpo appointed
director
2016-11-22
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PALMER, John Charles appointed
director
2015-12-08
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Company incorporated
As STEWART INTERNATIONAL MARKETING LIMITED
2015-12-08
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STEWART, Thomas Alexander 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 86 — 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 86 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jean Shepard Iii Individual · American · DOB 12/1940 · age 86	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	13/04/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Thomas Alexander Stewartceased 13/04/2022· significant influence

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

Incorporated2015-12-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace

Dundee

DD3 6TS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-21

Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

DAND, Alan Lindsay→

director · ~80y · appointed 2021-06-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHEPARD III, Jean→

director · ~86y · appointed 2016-11-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FULLERTON, Andrew→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-11-22 · resigned 2021-06-30

Resigned

IFEANYI, John Ebokpo→

director · ~45y · appointed 2016-11-22 · resigned 2021-06-30

Resigned

LAWRENCE, George Randolph→

director · ~64y · appointed 2019-03-18 · resigned 2021-06-30

Resigned

PALMER, John Charles→

director · ~86y · appointed 2016-11-22 · resigned 2021-06-30

Resigned

STEWART, Thomas Alexander→

director · ~88y · appointed 2015-12-08 · resigned 2021-05-15

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-01-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-12-22

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-12-22

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-12-22

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-22

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2022-12-22