DREM TIMBER & FENCING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC292575 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-02
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£115.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46730
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £115,810
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,865 YoY
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Net Worth
£116k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£190k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£43k£87k£130k£174k£217kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£140.1k£154.9k
Current assets£189.7k£217.1k
Cash£99.9k£110.9k
Debtors£21.8k£44.3k
Net assets£115.8k£137.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-07-07
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    SEMPLE, Jamie Robert appointed
    director
  9. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-23
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    capital · SH10
  16. 2017-01-23
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    capital · SH08
  17. 2017-01-23
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  18. 2007-04-05
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    STORMONTH, John David resigned
    director
  19. 2005-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As DREM TIMBER & FENCING LIMITED
  20. 2005-11-02
    ➕
    SEMPLE, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-11-02
    ➕
    SEMPLE, Brian appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-02
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-11-02
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-11-02
    ➕
    STORMONTH, John David appointed
    director
  25. 2005-11-02
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-11-02
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SEMPLE, Jamie Robert (same surname) appointed 2022-07-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Semple
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—sig. influence75-100% shares · significant influence · firm interest02/11/2016

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
Incorporated2005-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

47 - 49 The Square
Kelso
TD5 7HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SEMPLE, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-02
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Active
SEMPLE, Brian→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-11-02
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Active
SEMPLE, Jamie Robert→
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-07-07
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2005-11-02
Resigned
STORMONTH, John David→
director · ~84y · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2007-04-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2005-11-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-04