DONN SHELDON MANAGEMENT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC626744 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-04

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£-2.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (90/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £2,269

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↓ 2.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30	2023-04-30
Total assets	£-2.3k	£-2.3k	£890
Current assets	£7.9k	£8.1k	£21.4k
Net assets	£-2.3k	£-2.3k	£890

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-01
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FAIRLAMB, Pauline resigned
director
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-04-06
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
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capital · SH01
2020-01-13
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officers · AP01
2020-01-07
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DONN, Alan Hedley Whyte appointed
director
2019-10-01
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PACITTI, Maylynda resigned
director
2019-10-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-05-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-05-02
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HIGGINS, Steven Joseph appointed
director
2019-04-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-04-09
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PACITTI, Maylynda appointed
director
2019-04-04
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Company incorporated
As DONN SHELDON MANAGEMENT LTD
2019-04-04
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FAIRLAMB, Pauline appointed
director
2019-04-04
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DONN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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

Linnfield Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

🏛️

Linnfield Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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DONN SHELDON MANAGEMENT LTD

This company · SC626744

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Linnfield Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	10/09/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Pauline Fairlambceased 10/09/2020· 75-100% shares

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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FORBES LESLIE NETWORK LIMITED→ SC148828 · est 1994	—	—	—	14	32y	83	62y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

21 Forbes Place

Paisley

PA1 1UT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-08

Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DONN, Alan Hedley Whyte→

director · ~75y · appointed 2020-01-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HIGGINS, Steven Joseph→

director · ~64y · appointed 2019-05-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FAIRLAMB, Pauline→

director · ~52y · appointed 2019-04-04 · resigned 2023-09-01

Resigned

PACITTI, Maylynda→

director · ~50y · appointed 2019-04-09 · resigned 2019-10-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-09-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-14

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2022-06-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-07

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2021-04-06

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2021-04-06