DELAVAL PUB MANAGEMENT LTD

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SC871272 · ltd · incorporated 2025-11-27
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-31
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-03-30
    ROBINSON, Claire resigned
    director
  4. 2026-01-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-11-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DELAVAL PUB MANAGEMENT LTD
  6. 2025-11-27
    MAILER, Diane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  7. 2025-11-27
    ROBINSON, Claire appointed
    director
  8. 2025-11-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 0.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Diane Elizabeth Mailer
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/11/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Claire Robinsonceased 30/03/2026· 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
Incorporated2025-11-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

12 Traill Drive
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8SW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MAILER, Diane Elizabeth
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-11-27
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Active
ROBINSON, Claire
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-11-27 · resigned 2026-03-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-11-27