DARKWATER CONSTRUCTION LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC397935 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-18

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 06100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

33170SIC 33170

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

30 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-13
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-03
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-09
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-12-05
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-04-18
🏢
Company incorporated
As DARKWATER CONSTRUCTION LTD
2011-04-18
➕
HAMILTON, Colin George appointed
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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin George Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	17/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · PH postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ANGUS ROSS LTD.→ SC379333 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
AP CYBER SECURITY LTD→ SC716672 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ARBDOB LIMITED→ SC131851 · est 1991 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	34y	—	—
ARMAWRAP LIMITED→ SC363799 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	—	—
BRODIES TIMBER LTD→ SC377749 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
CRAIGROSSIE PRINTING LTD→ SC822286 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
DANY DOWNIE STONEMASON LTD→ SC829266 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
DIFFRACTION ENTERTAINMENT LTD→ SC376502 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	—	—
DRUMMOND FENCING LIMITED→ SC297497 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—
DUNCANS OF GRANTOWN LIMITED→ SC388881 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
DUPPLIN ENGINEERING LTD→ SC526635 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
EC HEIGHTS LTD→ SC767775 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-04-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

Darkwater House

Redgorton

Perth

PH1 3HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-16

Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HAMILTON, Colin George→

director · ~64y · appointed 2011-04-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.