DEL'S VENDING COMPANY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC168682 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£18.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 £18,752
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Net Worth
£19k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↑ 2.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£18.8k£17.4k
Current assets£19.8k£19.3k
Cash£7.5k£8.2k
Debtors£10.3k£9.0k
Net assets£18.8k£17.4k

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

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-14
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2023-12-06
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2020-09-09
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  7. 2019-11-05
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  8. 2018-11-29
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  9. 2017-08-14
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  10. 2017-01-25
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  11. 2015-09-01
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  12. 2015-08-19
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  13. 2014-09-11
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  14. 2014-09-10
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  15. 2014-01-28
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  16. 2001-05-01
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    ROSS, Derek appointed
    director
  17. 1996-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As DEL'S VENDING COMPANY LTD.
  18. 1996-10-01
    ➕
    ROSS, Derek appointed
    secretary
  19. 1996-10-01
    ➕
    ROSS, Alison appointed
    director
  20. 1996-10-01
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1996-10-01
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1996-10-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 1996-10-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alison Ross
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr Derek Ross
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-10-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

145 St. Vincent Street
1st Floor
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 5JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROSS, Derek→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-01
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Active
ROSS, Alison→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-10-01
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Active
ROSS, Derek→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-05-01
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-01 · resigned 1996-10-01
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-10-01 · resigned 1996-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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2025-09-11
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2024-11-21
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2024-09-11
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2023-12-06
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2023-09-11
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2022-12-21
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2022-09-08
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2021-12-23
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2021-09-09
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2020-09-09
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2020-09-09
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2019-11-05
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2019-09-05
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2018-11-29