BARCLAY DOUGALL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC182243 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-20

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 27.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 27.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	119	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-08
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-05
➕
DUNDAS, Steven James appointed
director
2025-12-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-07
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-07
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-11-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2018-11-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2017-11-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2016-11-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2016-02-12
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-07-31
➖
DOUGALL, Pamela resigned
secretary
1999-03-09
🔒
Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1998-05-22
➕
DOUGALL, Pamela appointed
director
1998-05-22
➕
DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay appointed
director
1998-05-22
➕
DOUGALL, Pamela appointed
secretary
1998-05-22
➖
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-22
➖
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-01-20
🏢
Company incorporated
As BARCLAY DOUGALL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
1998-01-20
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-01-20
➕
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DOUGALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Barclay Dougall Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · FK postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
J.P. RENTALS LIMITED→ SC215548 · est 2001	£3.56M £2.63M–£4.50M	—	—	31	25y	83	75y
JARVIE PLANT LIMITED→ SC313751 · est 2006	£2.47M £1.82M–£3.12M	—	—	154	19y	84	75y
CONTRACT SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC190122 · est 1998	£2.22M £1.64M–£2.81M	—	—	60	27y	83	49y
STERLING TRUCKS LIMITED→ SC197651 · est 1999	£1.73M £1.28M–£2.19M	£2.25M	—	500	26y	83	64y
E & O DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED→ SC216473 · est 2001	—	—	£13.3k	—	25y	83	69y
MTM DEFENCE LAWYERS LIMITED→ SC337728 · est 2008	—	—	£22.0k	—	18y	83	62y
CENTRAL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC205983 · est 2000	—	—	£75.0k	—	26y	82	59y
FBD CONSULTANCY, ACCOUNTS & TAX LTD→ SC309527 · est 2006	—	—	—	—	19y	82	65y
INCINALYSIS LIMITED→ SC185561 · est 1998	—	—	—	100	28y	82	75y
JAMES BAIN & CO. LTD.→ SC202110 · est 1999	—	—	£139.7k	—	26y	82	67y
KEY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTD.→ SC218355 · est 2001	—	—	—	2	25y	82	73y
LHANBRYDE SERVICES LIMITED→ SC217075 · est 2001	—	—	£579.2k	—	25y	82	70y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-01-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

33 Winchester Avenue

Denny

Stirlingshire

FK6 6QD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DOUGALL, Pamela→

director · ~58y · appointed 1998-05-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay→

director · ~59y · appointed 1998-05-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DUNDAS, Steven James→

director · ~43y · appointed 2026-05-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOUGALL, Pamela→

secretary · appointed 1998-05-22 · resigned 2014-07-31

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-20 · resigned 1998-05-22

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-20 · resigned 1998-05-22

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	09/03/1999	—

Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (79 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-05-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2025-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2024-12-20

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-06-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-07

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2022-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2021-12-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2021-03-24