VD MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-06🏢Company incorporatedAs VD MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD
- 2020-11-06➕BATEMAN, Yvonne appointeddirector
- 2020-11-06➕VAN DIEPEN, Ivar Wily appointeddirector
- 2020-11-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ivar Wily Van Diepen Individual · Dutch · DOB 04/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/11/2020 |
Miss Yvonne Bateman Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/11/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Similar companies
Active · Professional services · PA postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWEENEY BOOKKEEPING LTD→ SC843439 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| T.S.R. ROADSWEEPER HIRE LTD→ SC621313 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| THE ASHTON AGENCY LTD→ SC824314 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| THE BUTE VET LTD→ SC819444 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| THREESIXTY ARCHITECTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC642264 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| TOTAL PAYROLL EXPERTS LTD.→ SC834346 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| TULLIALLAN CONSULTANCY LTD→ SC837666 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| UTILITIES4BUSINESS LIMITED→ SC565567 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| VICTORIAS HUB LIMITED→ SC714475 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| VIKING ISLE LTD→ SC864968 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAGNER LANDSCAPE CONSULTANTS LTD→ SC656029 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| WANDERINGICONS LTD→ SC663382 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.