DANZAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC248100 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-22
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 22.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.8 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 (77/100)

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
5 officers (3 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
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-07-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 2003-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As DANZAN LIMITED
  18. 2003-04-22
    ➕
    MACDIARMID, Alexander John Campbell appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-04-22
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    MACDIARMID, Alexander John Campbell appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-22
    ➕
    MACDIARMID, Danielle Milca appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-22
    ➕
    BURDETT, John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-04-22
    ➖
    BURDETT, John resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-04-22
    ➕
    CARA, Helen Bina appointed
    director
  24. 2003-04-22
    ➖
    CARA, Helen Bina resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 Alexander John Campbell Macdiarmid
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Danielle Milca Macdiarmid
Individual · French · DOB 11/1959 · 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
Incorporated2003-04-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

43 Nevis Park
Inverness
IV3 8RX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-11
Last: 2025-04-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACDIARMID, Alexander John Campbell→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-22
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Active
MACDIARMID, Alexander John Campbell→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-04-22
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Active
MACDIARMID, Danielle Milca→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-04-22
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Active
BURDETT, John→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-22 · resigned 2003-04-22
Resigned
CARA, Helen Bina→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-04-22 · resigned 2003-04-22
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 property07/07/2003—
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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01