DUMFRIES TOOL ROOM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC145131 · ltd · incorporated 1993-06-23
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees300300

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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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-21
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  3. 2023-07-10
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  6. 2023-06-15
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  7. 2022-06-22
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  8. 2021-05-18
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  9. 2020-06-19
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  10. 2019-04-24
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  11. 2018-06-04
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  12. 2017-07-03
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  13. 2017-07-03
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  14. 2017-07-03
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  15. 2017-06-21
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  16. 2016-08-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2002-06-01
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    BROWN, John Peter resigned
    director
  18. 1993-09-07
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    GREEN, William James appointed
    secretary
  19. 1993-09-07
    ➕
    GREEN, William James appointed
    director
  20. 1993-09-07
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Philip Joseph appointed
    director
  21. 1993-09-07
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    KERR, Leslie appointed
    director
  22. 1993-09-07
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1993-09-07
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    BROWN, John Peter appointed
    director
  24. 1993-09-07
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1993-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As DUMFRIES TOOL ROOM LIMITED
  26. 1993-06-23
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1993-06-23
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.

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 William James Green
Individual · British · DOB 04/1945 · age 81
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Leslie Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Phillip Johnstone
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-06-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

8 Lochside Court
Irongray Road
Dumfries
Dumfriesshire
DG2 0HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-07
Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GREEN, William James→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-07
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Active
GREEN, William James→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-09-07
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Active
JOHNSTONE, Philip Joseph→
director · ~67y · appointed 1993-09-07
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Active
KERR, Leslie→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-09-07
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-06-23 · resigned 1993-09-07
Resigned
BROWN, John Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 1993-09-07 · resigned 2002-06-01
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-06-23 · resigned 1993-09-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19