DPGG INVESTMENTS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC777023 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-26
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
100
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-05
    WALLACE, Shirley Janet resigned
    director
  3. 2026-02-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-02-05
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-02-05
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2026-01-20
    MICHAEL, Kerry appointed
    director
  7. 2025-11-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-03-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-06
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2023-10-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Agm Holdings Limited
  11. 2023-07-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DPGG INVESTMENTS LTD
  12. 2023-07-26
    WALLACE, Shirley Janet appointed
    director
  13. 2023-07-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Kerry Michael
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/01/2026
Mr David Plaister
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/07/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gareth Gillespieceased 30/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 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
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-07-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

6 Miller Road
Ayr
KA7 2AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MICHAEL, Kerry
director · ~67y · appointed 2026-01-20
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Active
WALLACE, Shirley Janet
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-07-26 · resigned 2026-03-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Agm Holdings
Agm Holdings Limited
A registered charge1 property06/10/2023
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Recent filings (10 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-26