DAWSON HOLDINGS CORPORATION LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC769990 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-19
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees300300

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-06-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As DAWSON HOLDINGS CORPORATION LIMITED
  7. 2023-05-19
    DAWSON, Diane Gilmour appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-19
    DAWSON, Emma appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-19
    TWEEDIE, Jodi Dawson appointed
    director
  10. 2023-05-19
    📄
    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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DAWSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Diane Gilmour Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

20 Wellington Square
Ayr
KA7 1EZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DAWSON, Diane Gilmour
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-05-19
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Active
DAWSON, Emma
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-05-19
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Active
TWEEDIE, Jodi Dawson
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-05-19
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-06-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-06-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-19