MORRISON (DALMARNOCK) LTD T/A DALMARNOCK TRANSPORT LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC187538 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-10
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 26.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees—-1500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-08-28
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  3. 2024-06-19
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  4. 2023-06-30
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  5. 2022-06-30
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  6. 2021-06-28
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  7. 2020-09-28
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  12. 2016-03-31
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  13. 2016-03-31
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2015-07-14
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  16. 2011-09-07
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    FERGUSON, Katherine resigned
    secretary
  17. 2011-09-07
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    FERGUSON, Katherine resigned
    director
  18. 2011-05-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2008-03-24
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    MORRISON JNR, Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-24
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    FERGUSON, Katherine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-24
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    MORRISON, Annie resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-03-24
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    FERGUSON, Katherine appointed
    director
  23. 2008-03-24
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    MORRISON SNR, Alexander resigned
    director
  24. 2005-08-31
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    MORRISON SNR, Alexander appointed
    director
  25. 2004-01-30
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    ANDERSON, Rose resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-01-30
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    MORRISON, Annie appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-01-31
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    MORRISON JNR, Alexander resigned
    director
  28. 2001-09-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  29. 1999-07-01
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    MORRISON JNR, Alexander appointed
    director
  30. 1999-06-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  31. 1998-07-29
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    WATT, Anne appointed
    director
  32. 1998-07-29
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    ANDERSON, Rose appointed
    secretary
  33. 1998-07-29
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1998-07-29
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  35. 1998-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As MORRISON (DALMARNOCK) LTD T/A DALMARNOCK TRANSPORT LTD
  36. 1998-07-10
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  37. 1998-07-10
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Alexander Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/07/2016
Mrs Anne Watt
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/07/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

33 Newmarket Street
Ayr
KA7 1LL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

MORRISON JNR, Alexander→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATT, Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-07-29
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Active
ANDERSON, Rose→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-29 · resigned 2004-01-30
Resigned
FERGUSON, Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-24 · resigned 2011-09-07
Resigned
MORRISON, Annie→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-30 · resigned 2008-03-24
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-10 · resigned 1998-07-29
Resigned
FERGUSON, Katherine→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-03-24 · resigned 2011-09-07
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-07-10 · resigned 1998-07-29
Resigned
MORRISON JNR, Alexander→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-07-01 · resigned 2003-01-31
Resigned
MORRISON SNR, Alexander→
director · ~88y · appointed 2005-08-31 · resigned 2008-03-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property12/09/2001—
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property22/06/199920/05/2011
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Recent filings (85 total)

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2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
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2023-08-30
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2023-06-30
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2022-07-18
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2022-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
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2021-06-28
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2020-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-13
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accounts · AA
2019-06-30