D J LAING (CONTRACTS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC087805 · ltd · incorporated 1984-04-30
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 41.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 41.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 41.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £578,820
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £578.8k | £708.2k |
| Average employees | 57 | 6100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-01➕WATSON, Gavin Charles appointeddirector
- 2021-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-16➖ALLISON, Shelagh Margaret resigneddirector
- 2006-11-01➕NICOLL, Karen Anne appointeddirector
- 2006-11-01➕ALLISON, Shelagh Margaret appointeddirector
- 2006-09-30➖BARNETT, Angus resigneddirector
- 1993-08-01➕BARNETT, Angus appointeddirector
- 1990-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1988-12-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Alan Kattenhorn
- 1984-05-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1984-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs D J LAING (CONTRACTS) LIMITED
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LAING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David John Laing Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Dorothy Strachan Watson Laing Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Registered office
Laing House
Panmure Industrial Estate
Carnoustie
Angus
DD7 7NP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
NICOLL, Karen Anne→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATSON, Gavin Charles→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2021-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALLISON, Shelagh Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2006-11-01 · resigned 2015-01-16
BARNETT, Angus→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 1993-08-01 · resigned 2006-09-30
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Alan Kattenhorn | Standard security | 1 property | 29/12/1988 | 24/12/1990 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 23/05/1984 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-04