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 35.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

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 35.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.5 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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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  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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  20. 2021-05-24
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  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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  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
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    PATRICK, Craig Mccartney appointed
    director
  38. 1999-10-01
    ➕
    PYBUS, Stephen John appointed
    director
  39. 1999-10-01
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    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)

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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