DENNIS CLANCY & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC247291 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Demolition
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees300300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2022-08-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2021-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2021-08-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2021-08-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2021-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-20
    ➖
    CLANCY, Beverley resigned
    secretary
  16. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2019-03-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2018-07-27
    ➕
    CLANCY, Patrick John appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DENNIS CLANCY & SONS LIMITED
  22. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    CLANCY, George appointed
    director
  23. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    CLANCY, Beverley appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-04-04
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLANCY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Clancy
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/03/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43110 — Demolition

Registered office

2 Duart Crescent
Prestwick
Ayrshire
KA9 1LY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CLANCY, George→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLANCY, Patrick John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-07-27
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Active
CLANCY, Beverley→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2020-09-20
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2003-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-08-05