D & L WILLIAMS (RETAIL) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC719944 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-17

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£170.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

9 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £170,411

Cash YoY

-22%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£59k

↓ 22% YoY

Net Worth

£170k

↑ 42% YoY

Current Assets

£84k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£170.4k	£120.3k
Current assets	£83.8k	£99.8k
Cash	£59.4k	£75.7k
Debtors	£207	£149
Net assets	£170.4k	£120.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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Company incorporated
As D & L WILLIAMS (RETAIL) LTD
2022-01-17
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WILLIAMS, Dennis Kenneth Sidney appointed
director
2022-01-17
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WILLIAMS, Linda appointed
director
2022-01-17
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

96/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILLIAMS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Dennis Kenneth Sidney Williams Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/01/2022
Mrs Linda Williams Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/01/2022

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

Incorporated2022-01-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

10-15 Oxgangs Broadway

Oxgangs

Edinburgh

EH13 9LQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-09

Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Dennis Kenneth Sidney→

director · ~71y · appointed 2022-01-17

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WILLIAMS, Linda→

director · ~61y · appointed 2022-01-17

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