NORTH STAR DB HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC691736 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-10
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.
Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: refinance and hold (40/100).
🏦
Refinance opportunity
11 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 4.8y
15/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 48/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-16➖BRADFORD, James resigneddirector
- 2026-03-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-02-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-30➕LANG, Joanna Marion appointeddirector
- 2025-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-06-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-02-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-13➖GORDON, Matthew James resigneddirector
- 2024-12-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-02➕TALMO, Gitte Gard appointeddirector
- 2024-09-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-02➖HOLDEN, Alan resigneddirector
- 2024-05-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-02➕BRADFORD, James appointeddirector
- 2023-11-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-04✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-10-04➕BURNESS PAULL LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2022-01-28➖JONES, Wil resigneddirector
- 2022-01-28➖O'HARA, Andrew Neil resigneddirector
- 2022-01-28🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2022-01-12🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2022-01-12🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2022-01-12🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-01-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-12-20🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee)
- 2021-12-20🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee)
- 2021-12-20🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee)
- 2021-12-20🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee)
- 2021-12-20🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee)
- 2021-12-20🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee
- 2021-07-22🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee
- 2021-07-22🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties
- 2021-07-22🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties
- 2021-07-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties
- 2021-07-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties
- 2021-06-29➕DOBBIE, Fraser Robert appointeddirector
- 2021-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs NORTH STAR DB HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2021-03-10➕GORDON, Matthew James appointeddirector
- 2021-03-10➕HOLDEN, Alan appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 52 events
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
6 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️ultimate parent
Kroll Trustee Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
🏛️
North Star Midco Limited
Corporate parent · board control
⬇
NORTH STAR DB HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · SC691736
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kroll Trustee Services Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 12/05/2025 |
North Star Midco Limited Corporate entity | — | 75–100% | board control75-100% voting · board control | 12/05/2025 |
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
- North Star Midco Limitedceased 12/05/2025· 75-100% voting · board control
- Kroll Nominees Limitedceased 23/02/2022· 75-100% shares
- Lucid Nominees Limited (In Security)ceased 20/12/2021· 75-100% shares
- North Star Midco Limitedceased 22/07/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- North Star Holdco Limitedceased 13/07/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Holding company · AB postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (THE)→ SC037444 · est 1962 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 64y | — | — |
| RUBY HOLDINGS (ABERDEEN) LIMITED→ SC747054 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| SAVANT FINANCIAL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ SC780809 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| SCOTT’S RIGGING & LIFTING LTD→ SC745459 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| SEAGATE FABRICATION HOLDINGS LTD→ SC873277 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SHELL TRUSTEE SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC053009 · est 1973 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 52y | — | — |
| SIRIUS FISHING COMPANY LTD→ SC854542 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STEADVALE TURBOCHARGERS (ABERDEEN) LIMITED→ SC074475 · est 1981 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 45y | — | — |
| STOREGGA ACORN HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC453338 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| STRONVAR AEROSPACE UK LIMITED→ SC838488 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| STSM HOLDINGS LTD→ SC783338 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY & RENTALS LIMITED→ SC404769 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-03-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
First Floor, Suite 3, Prime View
Prime Four Business Park
Kingswells
AB15 8PU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
BURNESS PAULL LLP→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2022-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOBBIE, Fraser Robert→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LANG, Joanna Marion→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2026-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TALMO, Gitte Gard→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRADFORD, James→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2023-11-02 · resigned 2026-03-16
GORDON, Matthew James→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-03-10 · resigned 2025-02-13
HOLDEN, Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-03-10 · resigned 2024-05-02
JONES, Wil→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-03-10 · resigned 2022-01-28
O'HARA, Andrew Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2021-03-10 · resigned 2022-01-28
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
11
Total charges
6
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:11 of 11 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lucid Trustee Services (The Security Trustee) Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee) | A registered charge | — | 20/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lucid Trustee Services (The Security Trustee) Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee) | A registered charge | — | 20/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lucid Trustee Services (The Security Trustee) Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee) | A registered charge | — | 20/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lucid Trustee Services (The Security Trustee) Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee) | A registered charge | — | 20/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lucid Trustee Services (The Security Trustee) Lucid Trustee Services Limited (The Security Trustee) | A registered charge | — | 20/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lucid Trustee Services as Security Trustee Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/12/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | Lucid Trustee Services as Security Trustee Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/07/2021 | 28/01/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lucid Trustee Services as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | A registered charge | — | 22/07/2021 | 12/01/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lucid Trustee Services as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | A registered charge | — | 22/07/2021 | 12/01/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lucid Trustee Services as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | A registered charge | — | 22/07/2021 | 12/01/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lucid Trustee Services as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties Lucid Trustee Services Limited as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | A registered charge | — | 22/07/2021 | 12/01/2022 |
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.
Recent filings (68 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09