DAWSON STREET TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
NI714664 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-23
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46130SIC 46130
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-01
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-09-29
    ➕
    MCCLOSKEY, Ciaran appointed
    director
  6. 2025-09-29
    ➖
    NICHOLL, Adrian resigned
    director
  7. 2025-09-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-09-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-09-29
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-09-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2025-09-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2025-07-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2025-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2025-01-30
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2025-01-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2025-01-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2025-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2025-01-29
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2025-01-29
    ➕
    NICHOLL, Adrian appointed
    director
  20. 2024-11-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2024-05-08
    ➖
    MCCRINDLE, Bailey William resigned
    director
  22. 2024-05-08
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2024-05-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2024-05-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  25. 2024-05-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2024-05-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  27. 2024-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As DAWSON STREET TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
  28. 2024-04-23
    ➕
    MCCRINDLE, Bailey William appointed
    director
  29. 2024-04-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-01: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ciaran Mccloskey
Individual · Irish · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
75–100%
—75-100% shares29/09/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Adrian Nichollceased 29/09/2025· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Michael Mitchellceased 29/01/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Bailey William Mccrindleceased 08/05/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2024-04-23
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

Meadow House Suite 18
22 East Bridge Street
Belfast
BT1 3NR
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MCCLOSKEY, Ciaran→
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCRINDLE, Bailey William→
director · ~28y · appointed 2024-04-23 · resigned 2024-05-08
Resigned
MITCHELL, Michael→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-08 · resigned 2025-01-29
Resigned
NICHOLL, Adrian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2025-01-29 · resigned 2025-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-14
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-30