CAPITAL DYNAMICS GLOBAL SECONDARIES IV (SCOTS) LP

💤Zombieactive
SL015166 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2013-12-27
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (41/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
60
Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  2. 2025-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  3. 2025-01-09
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  4. 2023-12-04
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  5. 2022-12-02
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  6. 2021-12-08
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  7. 2020-12-10
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  8. 2019-11-01
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  9. 2018-11-03
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  10. 2017-10-25
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  11. 2017-09-13
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC09
  12. 2017-09-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  13. 2017-09-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  14. 2017-09-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  15. 2017-08-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC08
  16. 2016-07-22
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  17. 2016-07-01
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  18. 2016-05-04
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  19. 2016-05-04
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  20. 2016-04-29
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  21. 2016-02-02
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  22. 2016-01-05
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  23. 2015-11-03
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  24. 2015-08-25
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  25. 2015-05-12
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  26. 2013-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As CAPITAL DYNAMICS GLOBAL SECONDARIES IV (SCOTS) LP

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Group structure

3 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries Iv Feeder, Lp
Corporate parent
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Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries Iv (Scots) Gp Lp
Corporate parent
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Capital Dynamics Limited
Corporate parent
CAPITAL DYNAMICS GLOBAL SECONDARIES IV (SCOTS) LP
This company · SL015166

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries Iv Feeder, Lp
Corporate entity
control reported26/06/2017
Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries Iv (Scots) Gp Lp
Corporate entity
control reported26/06/2017
Capital Dynamics Limited
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence26/06/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typelimited-partnership
Incorporated2013-12-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC

Registered office

50 Lothian Road
Festival Square
Edinburgh
EH3 9WJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2019-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2018-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2017-10-25
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC09
2017-09-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2017-09-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2017-09-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2017-09-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC08
2017-08-12