THE SGIAN DUBH COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC214282 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-29
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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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2024-11-01
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    MARTIN, Lynsey appointed
    director
  4. 2024-05-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-05-13
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  6. 2024-05-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-03-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-03-09
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    BROWN, Craig Ian Gilbert appointed
    director
  14. 2020-03-09
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    BROWN, Stuart David appointed
    director
  15. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-10-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-10-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2018-10-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  21. 2000-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As THE SGIAN DUBH COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2000-12-29
    ➕
    BROWN, Marjorie Fleming appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-12-29
    ➕
    BUYERS, Charles Stuart appointed
    director
  24. 2000-12-29
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-12-29
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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.)

Group structure

Charles Buyers Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Charles Buyers Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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THE SGIAN DUBH COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC214282

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Charles Buyers Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/05/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Charles Stuart Buyersceased 02/05/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Marjorie Fleming Brownceased 02/05/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2000-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

37 Kyle Road
Kyle Industrial Estate
Irvine
Ayrshire
KA12 8LE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

BROWN, Marjorie Fleming→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-29
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Active
BROWN, Craig Ian Gilbert→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-03-09
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Active
BROWN, Stuart David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-03-09
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Active
BUYERS, Charles Stuart→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-12-29
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Active
MARTIN, Lynsey→
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-11-01
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-29 · resigned 2000-12-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23