DAVAAR MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC579277 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£31.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £31,887

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£32k
Current Assets
£23k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£36.2k
Current assets£22.7k
Net assets£31.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2017-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVAAR MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
  11. 2017-10-18
    ➕
    FERNYHOUGH, Bernard appointed
    director
  12. 2017-10-18
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    FERNYHOUGH, Donella appointed
    director
  13. 2017-10-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bernard Fernyhough
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest18/10/2017
Mrs Donella Fernyhough
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest18/10/2017

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
Incorporated2017-10-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Davaar
Kingussie Road
Newtonmore
PH20 1AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FERNYHOUGH, Bernard→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERNYHOUGH, Donella→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-10-18
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-09