DALMENY JOINERY LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC361597 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-23

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	—	£6.1k
Current assets	—	£9.4k
Net assets	—	£15.0k
Average employees	100	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-03-30
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2024-03-28
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2023-03-31
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2022-09-16
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gazette · DISS40
2022-09-13
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-06-30
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accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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gazette · DISS40
2022-05-31
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-06-30
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2020-03-17
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2019-03-29
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2018-03-30
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2018-03-05
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2018-03-05
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2018-03-05
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address · AD01
2016-07-20
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LEATHER, Mhairi Jane resigned
director
2015-06-23
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LEATHER, Mhairi Jane, Mrs. resigned
secretary
2015-06-23
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LEATHER, Mhairi Jane appointed
director
2009-06-23
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Company incorporated
As DALMENY JOINERY LTD
2009-06-23
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LEATHER, Richard John appointed
director
2009-06-23
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LEATHER, Mhairi Jane, Mrs. appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard John Leather Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-06-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

2 Old Piggery Home Farm Buildings

Hopetoun

South Queensferry

EH30 9SL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-07

Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LEATHER, Richard John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2009-06-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEATHER, Mhairi Jane, Mrs.→

secretary · appointed 2009-06-23 · resigned 2015-06-23

Resigned

LEATHER, Mhairi Jane→

director · ~54y · appointed 2015-06-23 · resigned 2016-07-20

Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2026-03-31

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2025-07-07

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accounts · AA

2025-03-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-08

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accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

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gazette · DISS40

2022-09-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-15

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gazette · GAZ1

2022-09-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-30

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gazette · DISS40

2022-06-09

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gazette · GAZ1

2022-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-26

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accounts · AA

2021-06-30