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

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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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
0
filings
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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  5. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    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-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-31
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  9. 2023-08-31
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  10. 2023-08-07
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  11. 2023-01-27
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  12. 2023-01-27
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  13. 2023-01-27
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    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
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Active
FORREST, Aileen Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-05-09
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Active
FORREST, Nigel Hamilton→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-08-27
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Active
GRANT, Samantha Lawson Forrest→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-08-27
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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