DKT ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC209738 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees300300

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-15
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  2. 2024-05-22
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  3. 2023-05-25
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  4. 2022-08-25
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  5. 2022-08-25
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    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-08-25
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    address · AD01
  7. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2021-05-25
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  9. 2020-04-15
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  10. 2019-05-29
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  11. 2018-04-30
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  12. 2017-05-09
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  13. 2016-01-07
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  14. 2015-08-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-11
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-08-30
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    MURRAY, Thomas Herbert James appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-08-30
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    MURRAY, Thomas Herbert James appointed
    director
  18. 2000-08-30
    ➕
    RAE, Donald David appointed
    director
  19. 2000-08-30
    ➕
    RAE, Kenneth James appointed
    director
  20. 2000-08-30
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-08-30
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2000-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As DKT ENGINEERING LIMITED
  23. 2000-08-07
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-08-07
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald David Rae
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

19 Mall Park Road
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8NS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MURRAY, Thomas Herbert James→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-30
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MURRAY, Thomas Herbert James→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-08-30
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Active
RAE, Donald David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-08-30
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Active
RAE, Kenneth James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-08-30
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-07 · resigned 2000-08-30
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-08-07 · resigned 2000-08-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
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accounts · AA
2025-05-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
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accounts · AA
2024-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-08-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02
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accounts · AA
2020-04-15