DINARDO PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC124667 · ltd · incorporated 1990-04-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 35.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 35.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
29 officers (2 active, 29 linked, 23 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
141 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£3k£5k£14k£23k£31k£40kMay 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-012024-05-31
Total assets—£-3.1k
Current assets—£39.9k
Cash—£150
Debtors—£39.8k
Net assets—£-3.4k
Average employees100—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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  2. 2025-05-30
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  3. 2024-02-29
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  4. 2024-01-09
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  5. 2024-01-09
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  6. 2023-07-03
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  7. 2023-06-30
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  8. 2023-06-30
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  9. 2023-04-25
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  10. 2023-04-25
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  11. 2023-02-16
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  12. 2022-09-28
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  13. 2022-07-06
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    DINARDO, Carlo resigned
    secretary
  14. 2022-07-06
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    DINARDO, Carlo resigned
    director
  15. 2022-05-01
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    DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine appointed
    director
  16. 2021-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2021-05-24
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    DINARDO, Carlo appointed
    secretary
  18. 2021-05-24
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    DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2021-05-24
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  20. 2021-05-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  21. 2021-05-24
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  22. 2021-05-24
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  23. 2021-05-24
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  24. 2021-05-10
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    DINARDO, Irene Rutherford resigned
    director
  25. 2021-05-10
    ➖
    DINARDO, Lorraine Ruth Bathgate, Dr resigned
    director
  26. 2021-05-10
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    DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine resigned
    director
  27. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  28. 2018-08-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 2005-02-11
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    PYBUS, Stephen John resigned
    director
  30. 2005-02-08
    ➖
    PYBUS, Stephen John resigned
    director
  31. 2004-12-01
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    DINARDO, Irene Rutherford appointed
    director
  32. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    DINARDO, Lorraine Ruth Bathgate, Dr appointed
    director
  33. 2003-09-30
    ➖
    DEPLEDGE, Geoffrey Thompson resigned
    director
  34. 2002-09-30
    ➖
    THOMSON, John Charles resigned
    director
  35. 2002-03-26
    ➖
    PATRICK, Craig Mccartney resigned
    director
  36. 2000-05-31
    ➖
    MAGUIRE, James resigned
    director
  37. 1999-10-01
    ➕
    PATRICK, Craig Mccartney appointed
    director
  38. 1999-10-01
    ➕
    PYBUS, Stephen John appointed
    director
  39. 1999-10-01
    ➕
    PYBUS, Stephen John appointed
    director
  40. 1998-04-10
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    SMITH, James Haddo Granger resigned
    director
  41. 1997-06-30
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    GOVAN, John resigned
    director
  42. 1997-06-01
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    DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine appointed
    director
  43. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    MAGUIRE, James appointed
    director
  44. 1997-03-03
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    JARVIS, Malcolm Charles resigned
    director
  45. 1996-04-04
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    DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine appointed
    secretary
  46. 1996-01-01
    ➕
    GOVAN, John appointed
    director
  47. 1995-12-29
    ➖
    COLL, Brian Patrick resigned
    secretary
  48. 1995-12-29
    ➖
    COLL, Brian Patrick resigned
    director
  49. 1995-12-01
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    THOMSON, John Charles appointed
    director
  50. 1995-08-31
    ➖
    TOUGH, Michael Cameron resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DINARDO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Karen Rutherford Dinardo
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares26/04/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Irene Rutherford Dinardoceased 26/04/2023· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Carlo Dinardoceased 06/07/2022· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

119 Renfrew Road
Paisley
PA3 4EA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last made up to: 2025-06-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (2 active · 27 resigned)

DINARDO, Karen Rutherford→
director · ~61y · appointed 1994-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENNETT, Gordon→
secretary · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 1991-05-31
Resigned
COLL, Brian Patrick→
secretary · resigned 1995-12-29
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Karen→
secretary · appointed 1990-04-30 · resigned 1990-05-25
Resigned
DINARDO, Carlo→
secretary · appointed 2021-05-24 · resigned 2022-07-06
Resigned
DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-04 · resigned 2021-05-24
Resigned
ANDREWS, Donald→
director · ~89y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 1991-06-10
Resigned
BENNETT, Gordon→
director · ~80y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 1991-05-31
Resigned
BRODIE, Hamish Cunningham→
director · ~81y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 1994-02-18
Resigned
COCKBURN, Andrew Scott→
director · ~69y · appointed 1990-04-30 · resigned 1990-05-25
Resigned
COLL, Brian Patrick→
director · ~78y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 1995-12-29
Resigned
CRUDEN, Alan Ferguson→
director · ~81y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 1995-08-14
Resigned
DEPLEDGE, Geoffrey Thompson→
director · ~81y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
DINARDO, Carlo→
director · ~87y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 2022-07-06
Resigned
DINARDO, Irene Rutherford→
director · ~87y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2021-05-10
Resigned
DINARDO, Lorraine Ruth Bathgate, Dr→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2021-05-10
Resigned
DINARDO, Mark Douglas Antonine→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-06-01 · resigned 2021-05-10
Resigned
EASTWOOD, Kenneth James Alexander→
director · ~76y · appointed 1990-05-25 · resigned 1950-03-08
Resigned
GOVAN, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 1996-01-01 · resigned 1997-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property15/01/199106/08/2018

Recent filings (141 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16