DINGWALL AUCTION MART LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC135799 · ltd · incorporated 1991-12-31

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 34.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (65/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

35 officers (11 active, 35 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

133 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	0

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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2024-07-16
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FRASER, Hugh Maclean appointed
director
2024-07-16
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2024-06-26
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2024-06-24
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officers · TM01
2024-06-17
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GORDON, James Anderson Paterson resigned
director
2023-12-04
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FRASER, Kenneth Mackenzie appointed
director
2023-12-04
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MATHESON, Kenneth appointed
director
2023-12-04
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MCCALL, Ewan appointed
director
2023-12-04
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RENWICK, Farquhar Scott appointed
director
2023-12-04
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TAYLOR, Matthew Scott appointed
director
2023-12-04
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WHITEFORD, David Robert appointed
director
2023-12-04
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FORBES, James resigned
director
2023-12-04
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2023-04-17
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accounts · AA
2023-02-07
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2023-02-02
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2022-11-03
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2022-10-21
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FRASER, Donald Maclean resigned
director
2022-10-05
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accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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2021-03-01
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2021-02-25
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SPENCER, Paul Magnus Marck resigned
director
2020-10-09
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accounts · AA
2019-08-20
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SPENCER, Paul Magnus Marck appointed
director
2019-06-03
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MACKINTOSH, Bruce Lewis appointed
secretary
2019-06-03
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MACPHERSON, Grant resigned
secretary
2019-06-03
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TOLMIE, Ian Munro resigned
director
2014-12-18
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FRASER, Donald Maclean appointed
director
2014-12-18
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FRASER, Duncan William resigned
director
2013-12-31
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MCKENZIE, Kenneth resigned
director
2012-12-20
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MACPHERSON, Grant appointed
director
2012-12-20
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FORBES, James appointed
director
2012-12-20
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MACKENZIE, Edward John resigned
director
2006-05-27
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MACKENZIE, Ruairidh Duncan resigned
director
2006-05-27
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MARTIN, John Keith resigned
director
2006-05-27
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ROSS, Kenneth resigned
director
2005-05-18
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DANSON, David Laurence George resigned
director
2005-05-18
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GRAHAME, Joan Suzanne resigned
director
2005-05-18
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MARTIN, John Keith appointed
director
2005-05-18
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ROSS, Kenneth appointed
director
2002-12-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2001-11-08
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MACDONALD, Angus Ewan appointed
director
2001-09-10
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MACKENZIE, Roderick Thomas resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1991-12-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Humberston

Bailechaul Road

Dingwall

Ross-Shire,

IV15 9TP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-16

Last: 2025-11-02