DALLAS DESIGNS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC319375 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 12.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-03-28📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2018-03-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-03-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-01-01➕DODSWORTH, Robert John appointeddirector
- 2015-08-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2013-08-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2013-03-22➖DODSWORTH, Robert John resigneddirector
- 2008-03-27➕MORTIMER, Amy Louise appointeddirector
- 2008-03-27➖DODSWORTH, Susan Jean resignedsecretary
- 2007-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs DALLAS DESIGNS LTD
- 2007-03-23➕DODSWORTH, Susan Jean appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-23➕DODSWORTH, Robert John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Amy Louise Mortimer Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert John Dodsworth Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Registered office
8-10 Linkwood Way
Linkwood Industrial Estate
Elgin
IV30 1HY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
DODSWORTH, Robert John→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORTIMER, Amy Louise→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2008-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DODSWORTH, Susan Jean→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-03-23 · resigned 2008-03-27
DODSWORTH, Robert John→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2007-03-23 · resigned 2013-03-22
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/08/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-07