DALS PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC267787 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-12

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£810.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £810,152

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£810k

↑ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£37k

↓ 77% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£940.2k	£852.3k
Current assets	£37.4k	£160.1k
Net assets	£810.2k	£797.3k

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

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
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BROWN, Ann resigned
secretary
2025-10-21
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
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officers · AP01
2022-06-01
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BEATTIE, David appointed
director
2021-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2015-02-05
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BEATTIE, Graham resigned
director
2004-05-12
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Company incorporated
As DALS PROPERTIES LIMITED
2004-05-12
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BEATTIE, Colin appointed
director
2004-05-12
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BROWN, Ann appointed
secretary
2004-05-12
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-12
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-12
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BEATTIE, Graham appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BEATTIE, David (same surname) appointed 2022-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Beattie Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated2004-05-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

11 Kilmarnock Road

Crosshouse

Kilmarnock

KA2 0EZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BEATTIE, Colin→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-05-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEATTIE, David→

director · ~30y · appointed 2022-06-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BROWN, Ann→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2025-10-21

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2004-05-12

Resigned

BEATTIE, Graham→

director · ~62y · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2015-02-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-08

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-04-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-19

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-10-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-22

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-06-13