DOLOI TEA COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC001422 · ltd · incorporated 1884-12-30
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£91.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £91,144
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,889 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£91k
↓ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£338k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £629.7k | £887.3k |
| Current assets | £338.3k | £613.2k |
| Net assets | £91.1k | £98.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2016-04-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-22📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2015-06-27📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2015-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-08-10➖ALI, Mosahid resigneddirector
- 2007-06-24➕HYE, Abdul appointedsecretary
- 2007-06-24➕ALI, Ragib appointeddirector
- 2007-06-24➕HYE, Abdul appointeddirector
- 2007-06-24➖ALI, Mahbub resignedsecretary
- 2007-06-24➖ALI, Shirin resigneddirector
- 2007-06-24➖HOQUE, Obaidul resigneddirector
- 2007-06-24➖MONDOL, Anil Kumar resigneddirector
- 2007-06-24➖RAHMAN, Mohammed Abdur resigneddirector
- 2002-05-23➖ALI, Mahbub resigneddirector
- 2001-11-02➕ALI, Shirin appointeddirector
- 2001-11-02➕MONDOL, Anil Kumar appointeddirector
- 1997-07-18➕HOQUE, Obaidul appointeddirector
- 1997-07-18➕RAHMAN, Mohammed Abdur appointeddirector
- 1997-06-10➖MURSHED, Mahbub resigneddirector
- 1997-02-14➖ISHANI, Liaquat resigneddirector
- 1996-11-18➕MURSHED, Mahbub appointeddirector
- 1995-12-18➖ALI, Shirin resigneddirector
- 1995-12-18➖RAJA, Badrul resigneddirector
- 1994-12-01➕ALI, Shirin appointeddirector
- 1994-12-01➕RAJA, Badrul appointeddirector
- 1884-12-30🏢Company incorporatedAs DOLOI TEA COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 141 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ragib Ali Individual · British · DOB 10/1938 · age 88 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| FERGUSON SALMON LIMITED→ SC103077 · est 1987 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 39y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1884-12-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
102-104 Bonnygate
Cupar
Fife
KY15 4LF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30
Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
ALI, Mahbub→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2007-06-24
ALI, Mahbub→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2002-05-23
ALI, Mosahid→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2009-08-10
ALI, Shirin→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2007-06-24
ALI, Shirin→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 1995-12-18
HOQUE, Obaidul→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 1997-07-18 · resigned 2007-06-24
ISHANI, Liaquat→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · resigned 1997-02-14
MONDOL, Anil Kumar→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2007-06-24
MURSHED, Mahbub→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1996-11-18 · resigned 1997-06-10
RAHMAN, Mohammed Abdur→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 1997-07-18 · resigned 2007-06-24
RAJA, Badrul→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 1995-12-18
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Recent filings (127 total)
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2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2024-09-27
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2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-09-29
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2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2022-09-30
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2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2021-09-30
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2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2020-12-30
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2020-09-01
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2019-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2019-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-13