DRIMNIN TIMBER TRANSPORT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC656505 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2020-03-05
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-14.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £14,625
Cash YoY
+160%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£268
↑ 160% YoY
Net Worth
-£15k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£268
↓ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£16k-£13k-£9k-£6k-£3k£603Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.15M£1.45M
Current assets£268£603
Cash£268£103
Debtors—£500
Net assets£-14.6k£-15.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2020-10-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2020-10-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-10-06
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2020-10-06
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2020-10-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-09-28
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Robert David appointed
    director
  13. 2020-09-28
    ➖
    LEWIS, Louise resigned
    director
  14. 2020-03-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DRIMNIN TIMBER TRANSPORT LIMITED
  15. 2020-03-05
    ➕
    LEWIS, Derek Compton appointed
    director
  16. 2020-03-05
    ➕
    LEWIS, Louise appointed
    director
  17. 2020-03-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Derek Compton Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control05/03/2020
Mr Robert David Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence25/09/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Louise Lewisceased 25/09/2020· 25-50% voting · board control

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2020-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Drimnin House
Drimnin
Oban
PA80 5XZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Robert David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2020-09-28
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Active
LEWIS, Derek Compton→
director · ~80y · appointed 2020-03-05
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Active
LEWIS, Louise→
director · ~77y · appointed 2020-03-05 · resigned 2020-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-10-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-10-06