DINGWALL PANEL BEATERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC214001 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£108.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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

1 live charge · oldest 24.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £108,039
Cash YoY
+131%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£49k
↑ 131% YoY
Net Worth
£108k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£61k£91k£121k£151kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£108.8k£90.3k
Current assets£151.5k£133.8k
Cash£49.0k£21.2k
Debtors£89.7k£100.6k
Net assets£108.0k£80.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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  2. 2024-06-03
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2023-02-20
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  5. 2022-05-20
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  6. 2021-06-01
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  7. 2020-05-19
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  8. 2019-09-27
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  9. 2018-08-24
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  10. 2017-09-06
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  11. 2016-09-23
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  12. 2016-01-13
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  13. 2015-06-11
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  14. 2014-12-22
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  15. 2014-05-14
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  16. 2001-11-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  17. 2001-01-17
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Jackie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-01-17
    ➕
    TOLMIE, Graham appointed
    director
  19. 2001-01-17
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-01-17
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2000-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As DINGWALL PANEL BEATERS LIMITED
  22. 2000-12-20
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-12-20
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Mr Graham Tolmie
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Eleanor Tolmie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/12/2022

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
Incorporated2000-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 7 Docharty Ind Est
Dochcarty Road
Dingwall
Ross Shire
IV15 9UG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Jackie→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOLMIE, Graham→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-20 · resigned 2001-01-17
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-20 · resigned 2001-01-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property12/11/2001—
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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-27