DOOR & GATE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC607186 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-04
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 5.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£71.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43290Other construction installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £71,164

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£146k
Net Worth
£71k
Current Assets
£190k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£167.8k
Current assets£190.2k
Cash£146.0k
Debtors£44.2k
Net assets£71.2k

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2024-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-01-27
    ➕
    GILLESPIE, Karine Eileen appointed
    director
  11. 2021-01-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-01-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) LTD
  13. 2020-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As DOOR & GATE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
  16. 2018-09-04
    ➕
    GILLESPIE, Kenneth appointed
    director
  17. 2018-09-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 Kenneth Gillespie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/09/2018
Mrs Karine Eileen Gillespie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/09/2018

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
Incorporated2018-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Unit 7 Flowerhill Industrial Estate
Airdrie
ML6 6BH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GILLESPIE, Karine Eileen→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-01-27
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Active
GILLESPIE, Kenneth→
director · ~50y · appointed 2018-09-04
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Advantedge Commercial Finance (North)
Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) LTD
A registered charge—25/01/2021—
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-27