DOUGLAS F MITCHELL LIMITED

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SC226015 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 23.9y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1113001300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-01
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  3. 2024-07-05
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  4. 2023-08-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-14
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  6. 2021-07-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2021-07-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-20
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    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  13. 2017-10-05
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    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  14. 2017-09-14
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-12
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    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  16. 2017-08-03
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    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2017-07-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  18. 2010-02-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2002-07-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2001-12-19
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    MITCHELL, Rosehelen Ballie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-12-19
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Clive Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2001-12-19
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Douglas Fraser appointed
    director
  23. 2001-12-19
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Rosehelen Ballie appointed
    director
  24. 2001-12-19
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-12-19
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As DOUGLAS F MITCHELL LIMITED
  27. 2001-12-05
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-12-05
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MITCHELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr Clive Douglas Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Douglas Fraser Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2001-12-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Archgrove
Station Road
Laurencekirk
Kincardineshire
AB30 1BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MITCHELL, Rosehelen Ballie→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Clive Douglas→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Douglas Fraser→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, Rosehelen Ballie→
director · ~81y · appointed 2001-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2001-12-19
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2001-12-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—20/07/2017—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property19/02/2010—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property11/07/2002—
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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21