DONN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC247773 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-14
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-910
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -86% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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 declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £910
Very low cash
Cash position: £42
Cash draining
Cash down 86% YoY
Cash YoY
-86%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42
↓ 86% YoY
Net Worth
-£910
↓ 455% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£910-£670-£430-£190£50£290Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-853£-107
Cash£42£290
Net assets£-910£-164

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-03-10
    ➖
    DONN, Sheena Pirie resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-02-22
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  15. 2016-02-18
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  16. 2016-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DONN LIMITED
  18. 2003-04-14
    ➕
    DONN, Brian James appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-14
    ➕
    DONN, Sheena Pirie appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-14
    ➕
    DONN, Sheena Pirie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-04-14
    ➕
    MASSON & GLENNIE appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-04-14
    ➖
    MASSON & GLENNIE resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-04-14
    ➕
    MILTON, Bruce appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 2003-04-14
    ➖
    MILTON, Bruce resigned
    nominee-director

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 "DONN" — 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian James Donn
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sheena Pirie Donn
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
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
Incorporated2003-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Riverside
Inverugie
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 3DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DONN, Brian James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONN, Sheena Pirie→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONN, Sheena Pirie→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-14 · resigned 2026-03-10
Resigned
MASSON & GLENNIE→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-14 · resigned 2003-04-14
Resigned
MILTON, Bruce→
nominee-director · ~69y · appointed 2003-04-14 · resigned 2003-04-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30