DUMFRIES RECYCLING LTD

🌳Matureactive
05765458 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£20.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,116

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£20k
Current Assets
£21k
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£13k£17k£21kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£20.1k—
Current assets£20.9k—
Net assets£20.1k—
Average employees—0

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-04
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  4. 2023-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-08-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-08-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2009-03-10
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    CURRIE, Laura appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-03-10
    ➕
    CURRIE, Douglas Ian appointed
    director
  18. 2009-03-10
    ➕
    CURRIE, Laura appointed
    director
  19. 2009-03-10
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2009-03-10
    ➖
    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  21. 2009-03-10
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2008-09-12
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    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2006-04-03
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    Company incorporated
    As DUMFRIES RECYCLING LTD
  24. 2006-04-03
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-04-03
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Mrs Laura Currie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/04/2016
Mr Douglas Ian Currie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Dalmar House Barras Lane
Dalston
Carlisle
CA5 7NY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CURRIE, Laura→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-10
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Active
CURRIE, Douglas Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-03-10
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Active
CURRIE, Laura→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-03 · resigned 2009-03-10
Resigned
VALAITIS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-09-12 · resigned 2009-03-10
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-03 · resigned 2009-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-11