DUMAS HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC267136 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-28
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
83/100
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 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.9y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 4 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees000

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-04-12
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  3. 2024-03-15
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  4. 2023-05-30
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  5. 2022-04-29
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  6. 2021-03-15
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  7. 2020-05-26
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  8. 2019-05-21
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  9. 2018-05-30
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  10. 2017-03-16
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  11. 2016-06-29
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  12. 2016-06-29
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  13. 2016-06-29
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  14. 2016-05-17
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  15. 2016-05-13
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  16. 2016-05-10
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    CADBURY, Nicholas Andrew appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-05-10
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    LYCIDAS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2016-04-01
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    LAIRD, Campbell Doull resigned
    director
  19. 2016-03-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  20. 2013-05-13
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    LYCIDAS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2013-05-13
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    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2011-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 2008-08-29
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    COX, Thomas resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-08-29
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    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2008-08-29
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    COX, Thomas resigned
    director
  26. 2006-05-05
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    COX, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-05-05
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    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-12-22
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    COX, Thomas appointed
    director
  29. 2004-08-01
    ➕
    CADBURY, Nicholas Andrew appointed
    director
  30. 2004-08-01
    ➕
    FORTUNE-SMITH, Gary James appointed
    director
  31. 2004-08-01
    ➕
    LAIRD, Campbell Doull appointed
    director
  32. 2004-08-01
    ➖
    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2004-08-01
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    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2004-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As DUMAS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  35. 2004-04-28
    ➕
    SF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2004-04-28
    ➕
    BLP CREATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2004-04-28
    ➕
    BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Dumas Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dumas Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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DUMAS HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · SC267136

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dumas Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Barge 1502 The Shore
Leith
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH6 6QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

CADBURY, Nicholas Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2016-05-10
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Active
CADBURY, Nicholas Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-08-01
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Active
FORTUNE-SMITH, Gary James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-08-01
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Active
COX, Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-05 · resigned 2008-08-29
Resigned
LYCIDAS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-05-13 · resigned 2016-05-10
Resigned
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-08-29 · resigned 2013-05-13
Resigned
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-28 · resigned 2006-05-05
Resigned
COX, Thomas→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-12-22 · resigned 2008-08-29
Resigned
LAIRD, Campbell Doull→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
BLP CREATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-28 · resigned 2004-08-01
Resigned
BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-28 · resigned 2004-08-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—29/03/2016—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property21/06/2011—
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Recent filings (80 total)

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2026-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
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accounts · AA
2025-04-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
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accounts · AA
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07
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accounts · AA
2019-05-21