D & G FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC225553 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-21
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 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£141.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84250
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
76 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 £141,130
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,711 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£141k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Assets
£164k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£49k£97k£146k£194k£243kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£141.6k£158.9k
Current assets£163.7k£242.7k
Net assets£141.1k£147.8k

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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2025-03-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-03-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2025-03-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2023-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2023-01-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2023-01-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-01-09
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    HUTCHISON, Frazer resigned
    director
  15. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2010-02-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2002-02-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2001-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As D & G FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED
  23. 2001-11-21
    ➕
    WALTERS, John appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-11-21
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Scot appointed
    director
  25. 2001-11-21
    ➕
    WALTERS, John appointed
    director
  26. 2001-11-21
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-11-21
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-11-21
    ➕
    HUTCHISON, Frazer appointed
    director
  29. 2001-11-21
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2001-11-21
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Taylor Anne Walters
Individual · British · DOB 09/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/03/2025
Mr Frazer Hutchison
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC84250 — SIC 84250

Registered office

76 Hamilton Road
Motherwell
ML1 3BY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WALTERS, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Scot→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-11-21
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Active
WALTERS, John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-21 · resigned 2001-11-21
Resigned
HUTCHISON, Frazer→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-11-21 · resigned 2023-01-09
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-21 · resigned 2001-11-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property26/02/201013/09/2023
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property26/02/2002—
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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-10