DAVID W MARTIN & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC277302 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-13
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees500

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  2. 2026-01-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-01-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-08-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-08-05
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  6. 2025-08-05
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2025-08-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-07-01
    ➕
    MARTIN, Donna Christina appointed
    director
  10. 2024-10-18
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2004-12-13
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVID W MARTIN & CO LIMITED
  20. 2004-12-13
    ➕
    MARTIN, Donna Christina appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-12-13
    ➕
    MARTIN, Kevin David appointed
    director
  22. 2004-12-13
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-12-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "MARTIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

23 George Street
Dumfries
DG1 1EA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MARTIN, Donna Christina→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-13
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Active
MARTIN, Donna Christina→
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-07-01
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Active
MARTIN, Kevin David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-12-13
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-13 · resigned 2004-12-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2026-01-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-05
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-08-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-08-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13