DALTON DEMOLITION RECYCLING LIMITED

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SC295249 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.91M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
66 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 £1,908,965
Net assets shrinking
Down £46,993 YoY
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.5m
↑ 2.5% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.9m
↑ 9.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£391k£782k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.94M£2.01M
Current assets£1.86M£1.70M
Cash£1.50M£1.46M
Debtors£332.2k£209.9k
Net assets£1.91M£1.96M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2025-04-29
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  3. 2024-12-18
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  4. 2024-12-10
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  5. 2024-12-10
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  6. 2024-09-10
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  7. 2024-09-10
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  8. 2023-12-21
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  9. 2022-12-13
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  10. 2022-06-28
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    HENDRY, Elizabeth Greer resigned
    director
  11. 2022-03-07
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  12. 2021-03-29
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  13. 2019-12-13
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  14. 2018-11-13
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  15. 2017-11-15
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  16. 2017-04-05
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  17. 2017-04-05
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  18. 2017-01-12
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    HENDRY, William Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2017-01-12
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    HENDRY, Elizabeth Greer appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-13
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    DALTON, Stephen resigned
    director
  21. 2007-03-27
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    DALTON, Peter Thomas appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-03-27
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    MACKAY, Jennifer resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As DALTON DEMOLITION RECYCLING LIMITED
  24. 2006-01-10
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    DALTON, Peter Thomas appointed
    director
  25. 2006-01-10
    ➕
    MACKAY, Jennifer appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-01-10
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-01-10
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-01-10
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    DALTON, Stephen appointed
    director
  29. 2006-01-10
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-01-10
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2006-01-10
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2006-01-10
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "DALTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 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.)

Group structure

Broompark Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Broompark Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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DALTON DEMOLITION RECYCLING LIMITED
This company · SC295249

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
Broompark Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/07/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Thomas Daltonceased 31/07/2024· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2006-01-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Gogarbank Iron & Steel Works
Station Road
Edinburgh
EH12 9BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

DALTON, Peter Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-27
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Active
DALTON, Peter Thomas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-01-10
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Active
HENDRY, William Thomas→
director · ~34y · appointed 2017-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Jennifer→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-10 · resigned 2007-03-27
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-10 · resigned 2006-01-10
Resigned
DALTON, Stephen→
director · ~92y · appointed 2006-01-10 · resigned 2010-11-13
Resigned
HENDRY, Elizabeth Greer→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-01-12 · resigned 2022-06-28
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-10 · resigned 2006-01-10
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-10 · resigned 2006-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24