DOW GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC280783 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-28

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

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£4.39M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 18.4y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 18.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,392,579

Cash YoY

-7%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2.4m

↓ 7.2% YoY

Net Worth

£4.4m

↑ 9.7% YoY

Current Assets

£5.8m

↓ 1.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£6.61M	£6.20M
Current assets	£5.81M	£5.89M
Cash	£2.44M	£2.63M
Debtors	£3.35M	£3.25M
Net assets	£4.39M	£4.00M

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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2025-04-17
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accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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officers · TM01
2025-01-14
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DOW, William Marshall resigned
director
2024-04-15
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COLLINS, Kelly appointed
director
2024-04-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-01
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capital · SH01
2023-12-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-22
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GREEN, Gary William appointed
director
2023-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-03
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Charge satisfied #4
2021-09-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-14
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DOW, Sheila Helen Mckinlay appointed
director
2021-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-29
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-10-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-03-19
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Charge satisfied #3
2017-08-23
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
2011-02-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-11-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-12-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
2008-10-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-10-07
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DOW, Sheila Helen Mckinlay resigned
director
2007-11-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-03-30
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DOW, William Marshall appointed
director
2005-02-28
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Company incorporated
As DOW GROUP LIMITED
2005-02-28
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BAXTER, Sheila Paterson appointed
secretary
2005-02-28
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BAXTER, Sheila Paterson appointed
director
2005-02-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-02-28
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DOW, Sheila Helen Mckinlay appointed
director
2005-02-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-02-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

1951 Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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1951 Group Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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DOW GROUP LIMITED

This company · SC280783

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
1951 Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/12/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr William Marshall Dowceased 01/12/2023· 25-50% shares
Ms Sheila Paterson Baxterceased 01/12/2023· 25-50% shares

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-02-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

23 Lenziemill Road

Lenziemill Industrial Estate

Cumbernauld

G67 2RL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13

Last: 2025-04-29