D.A. GILMOUR LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC200617 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 26.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£97.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 26.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.4 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 (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £97,643
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£98k
Current Assets
£174k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £97.6k | — |
| Current assets | £174.5k | — |
| Net assets | £97.6k | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-13➕MALCOLM, Stuart Ross appointeddirector
- 2002-09-30➕GILMOUR, Mary appointeddirector
- 1999-12-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1999-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs D.A. GILMOUR LIMITED
- 1999-10-07➕GILMOUR, Mary appointedsecretary
- 1999-10-07➕GILMOUR, David Alistair appointeddirector
- 1999-10-07➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-10-07➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-10-07➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-10-07➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "GILMOUR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Mary Gilmour Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2016 |
Mr David Alistair Gilmour Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Stuart Ross Malcolmceased 02/10/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
23 Carse View
Airth
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK2 8NY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GILMOUR, David Alistair→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 1999-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILMOUR, Mary→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2002-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MALCOLM, Stuart Ross→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2015-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-07 · resigned 1999-10-07
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-07 · resigned 1999-10-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 14/12/1999 | — |
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Recent filings (66 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-01