DALLOL ISLAY LIMITED
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Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -83% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.1k | £750 |
| Current assets | £8.2k | £215.5k |
| Cash | £1.2k | £7.3k |
| Debtors | £7.0k | £208.2k |
| Net assets | £3.1k | £750 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-02-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-02-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-02-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-09-03🏢Company incorporatedAs DALLOL ISLAY LIMITED
- 2020-09-03➕BUCHANAN, Victor John appointeddirector
- 2020-09-03➕SPRINGETT, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2020-09-03📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Dallol Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dallol Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 03/09/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Victor John Buchananceased 03/09/2020· 25-50% shares
- Mr Andrew John Springettceased 03/09/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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