DGT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC143011 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-03
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 33.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£70.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £70,845

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£71k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£28k£43k£57k£71kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Net assets£70.8k£65.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1993-05-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 1993-04-30
    ➕
    DODDS, Norma Margaret appointed
    secretary
  18. 1993-04-30
    ➕
    DODDS, Douglas James appointed
    director
  19. 1993-04-30
    ➕
    DODDS, James appointed
    director
  20. 1993-04-30
    ➕
    DODDS, Norma Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 1993-04-30
    ➖
    FLINT, David resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1993-04-30
    ➖
    DICKSON, Ian resigned
    nominee-director
  23. 1993-04-30
    ➖
    FLINT, David resigned
    nominee-director
  24. 1993-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As DGT LIMITED
  25. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    FLINT, David appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    DICKSON, Ian appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    FLINT, David appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Dodds
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Norma Margaret Dodds
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Douglas James Dodds
Individual · British · DOB 02/1945 · age 81
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

4 East Road
Ayr
KA8 9BA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

DODDS, Norma Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1993-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, Douglas James→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, James→
director · ~69y · appointed 1993-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, Norma Margaret→
director · ~78y · appointed 1993-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLINT, David→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-03-03 · resigned 1993-04-30
Resigned
DICKSON, Ian→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1993-03-03 · resigned 1993-04-30
Resigned
FLINT, David→
nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1993-03-03 · resigned 1993-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property04/05/1993—
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Recent filings (96 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24