DALESCOT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC308040 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-05
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
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
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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-£147k-£49k£50k£149k£248k£347kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets—£-147.4k
Current assets—£346.8k
Debtors—£2.3k
Net assets—£-147.4k
Average employees0—

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
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-07-22
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  5. 2021-07-11
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  6. 2020-09-29
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  7. 2019-06-26
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  8. 2018-06-15
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  9. 2017-06-05
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  10. 2016-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-10-06
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  12. 2015-06-25
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  13. 2014-10-21
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  14. 2014-06-19
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  15. 2013-10-14
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  16. 2011-11-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2010-11-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2007-03-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2006-12-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2006-11-21
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    MASSON & GLENNIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As DALESCOT LIMITED
  22. 2006-09-05
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    PIMLOTT, Ann Kelly appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-09-05
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    BUTCHER, Kevin Isaiah appointed
    director
  24. 2006-09-05
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    CAMERON, Samuel appointed
    director
  25. 2006-09-05
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    PIMLOTT, Alan Charles appointed
    director
  26. 2006-09-05
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    PIMLOTT, Ann Kelly appointed
    director
  27. 2006-09-05
    ➕
    WATSON, Margaret Helen appointed
    director
  28. 2006-09-05
    ➕
    MASSON & GLENNIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2006-09-05
    ➕
    MILTON, Bruce appointed
    director
  30. 2006-09-05
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    MILTON, Bruce resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Broad House
Broad Street
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 1HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

PIMLOTT, Ann Kelly→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
BUTCHER, Kevin Isaiah→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
CAMERON, Samuel→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIMLOTT, Alan Charles→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIMLOTT, Ann Kelly→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Margaret Helen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASSON & GLENNIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-11-21
Resigned
MILTON, Bruce→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-09-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Standard security1 property26/03/200716/11/2010
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property08/12/200624/11/2011

Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-19