DALKEITH RETAIL CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC324402 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-25

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 15.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£7.49M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45112SIC 45112
45200SIC 45200

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.2y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 15.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (10 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 £7,488,957

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£827k

Net Worth

£7.5m

Current Assets

£28m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£9.18M
Current assets	£28.32M
Cash	£827.3k
Debtors	£2.30M
Net assets	£7.49M

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-06
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HENDERSON, Hazel Margaret Workman appointed
director
2025-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-06
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SHORT, Ben David appointed
director
2023-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-01
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CLOSE, Gordon resigned
director
2021-12-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-01
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SALMOND, Graeme appointed
director
2021-12-01
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THOMSON, Derek appointed
director
2021-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2021-06-17
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2021-06-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-06-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-10-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-18
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SHORT, David George appointed
director
2020-08-18
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SHORT, Ian Andrew appointed
director
2020-08-18
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SHORT, Marek William appointed
director
2020-08-18
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CLOSE, Gordon appointed
director
2012-04-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Fce Bank PLC
2012-04-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Fce Bank PLC
2011-01-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-05-25
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Company incorporated
As DALKEITH RETAIL CENTRE LIMITED
2007-05-25
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SHORT, Janina Margaret appointed
secretary
2007-05-25
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SHORT, Janina Margaret appointed
director
2007-05-25
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SHORT, William John appointed
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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHORT, Ben David (same surname) appointed 2023-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William John Short Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-05-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

39-41 Bonnyrigg Road

Dalkeith

Midlothian

EH22 3HF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-20

Last: 2025-06-06