DONNACHAIDH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC252810 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-16

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

🔒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

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

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Company incorporated
As DONNACHAIDH LIMITED
2003-07-16
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ROBERTSON, Hilda Mary appointed
secretary
2003-07-16
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ROBERTSON, Hilda Mary appointed
director
2003-07-16
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ROBERTSON, William George appointed
director
2003-07-16
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-07-16
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-07-16
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-07-16
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 81 — 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 81 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.)

Group structure

Barnett Waddingham Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Barnett Waddingham Llp

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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DONNACHAIDH LIMITED

This company · SC252810

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Hilda Mary Robertson Individual · British · DOB 12/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	24/07/2017
Mr William George Robertson Individual · British · DOB 04/1945 · age 81	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	24/07/2017
Barnett Waddingham Llp Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest	24/07/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

The Trustees Of The Donnachaidh Retirement Trustceased 24/07/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest

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

Incorporated2003-07-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Perimeter Road

Elgin

IV30 6AE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Hilda Mary→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-16

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Active

ROBERTSON, Hilda Mary→

director · ~78y · appointed 2003-07-16

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Active

ROBERTSON, William George→

director · ~81y · appointed 2003-07-16

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Active

CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-07-16 · resigned 2003-07-16

Resigned

MMA NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-16 · resigned 2003-07-16

Resigned

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