DRIVELINE HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC428000 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-10
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 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£3.01M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,012,330
Cash YoY
+186%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.1m
↑ 186% YoY
Net Worth
£3.0m
↑ 67% YoY
Current Assets
£3.4m
↑ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.04M | £1.81M |
| Current assets | £3.43M | £2.28M |
| Cash | £1.10M | £386.4k |
| Debtors | £2.04M | £1.65M |
| Net assets | £3.01M | £1.80M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-26➕RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointeddirector
- 2024-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-02-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-04➕JACK, Claire appointedsecretary
- 2019-02-04📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2017-07-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-06-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-03-23➕DOYLE, Kevin Michael appointeddirector
- 2013-11-13➖COOPER, Mark resignedsecretary
- 2013-11-13➖COOPER, Mark Richard Charles resigneddirector
- 2012-07-10🏢Company incorporatedAs DRIVELINE HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2012-07-10➕MCLEAN, Stewart appointeddirector
- 2012-07-10➕COOPER, Mark appointedsecretary
- 2012-07-10➕COOPER, Mark Richard Charles appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- 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.)
Group structure
Caledonian Heritable Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Caledonian Heritable Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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DRIVELINE HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · SC428000
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Caledonian Heritable Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 23/03/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Stewart Mcleanceased 23/03/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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
Incorporated2012-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990
Registered office
46 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
DOYLE, Kevin Michael→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2017-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCLEAN, Stewart→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2012-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RUSSELL, Gordon Iain→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2025-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOPER, Mark→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-07-10 · resigned 2013-11-13
COOPER, Mark Richard Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2012-07-10 · resigned 2013-11-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/02/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-12