D.P. PROPERTIES (LOCKERBIE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC165488 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2026
Net worth
£116.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 £116,251
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£142k
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£116k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£142k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£28k£57k£85k£114k£142kApr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-04-302025-04-30
Total assets£116.6k£99.3k
Current assets£142.1k£105.5k
Cash£142.1k£101.6k
Debtors—£3.9k
Net assets£116.3k£98.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-10
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  2. 2026-06-10
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  3. 2026-06-09
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    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  4. 2026-05-29
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    capital · SH01
  5. 2025-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-31
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-08-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  12. 2023-01-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2023-01-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-08-27
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    FORREST, Nigel Hamilton appointed
    director
  19. 2019-08-27
    ➕
    GRANT, Samantha Lawson Forrest appointed
    director
  20. 2018-10-26
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    FORREST, Allan James resigned
    director
  21. 1996-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As D.P. PROPERTIES (LOCKERBIE) LIMITED
  22. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    FORREST, Aileen Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    FORREST, Aileen Ann appointed
    director
  24. 1996-05-09
    ➕
    FORREST, Allan James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Mr Nigel Hamilton Forrest
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/08/2019
Mrs Samantha Lawson Forrest Grant
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/08/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Aileen Ann Forestceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Allan James Forrestceased 26/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1996-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

C/O Farries, Kirk & Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park
Heathhall
Dumfries
DG1 3SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

FORREST, Aileen Ann→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORREST, Aileen Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORREST, Nigel Hamilton→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Samantha Lawson Forrest→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORREST, Allan James→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-05-09 · resigned 2018-10-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-10
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-06-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-27