DIGITAL PLACEMAKING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC582972 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-04
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 address
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-12-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-09-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-07
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2023-09-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2022-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-09
    DEVLIN, Brian resigned
    director
  12. 2022-05-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2019-03-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
  18. 2017-12-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2017-12-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DIGITAL PLACEMAKING LIMITED
  20. 2017-12-04
    CROSS, George Kerr appointed
    secretary
  21. 2017-12-04
    BROWN, Stephen Park appointed
    director
  22. 2017-12-04
    DEVLIN, Brian appointed
    director
  23. 2017-12-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Nvt Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Nvt Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
DIGITAL PLACEMAKING LIMITED
This company · SC582972

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
Nvt Group Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/12/2017

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

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8 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
Incorporated2017-12-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

168 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4TP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CROSS, George Kerr
secretary · appointed 2017-12-04
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Active
BROWN, Stephen Park
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-12-04
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Active
DEVLIN, Brian
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-12-04 · resigned 2022-05-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
A registered charge06/03/201923/12/2025

Recent filings (24 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-09-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07