THE DALMALLY COMMUNITY COMPANY

🌳Matureactive

SC227930 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-02-11

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). 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

1 live charge · oldest 17.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

30 officers (11 active, 30 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2026-03-20
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officers · CH01
2026-03-19
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officers · CH01
2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-01
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address · AD01
2023-02-11
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officers · TM01
2023-02-10
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MACKECHNIE, Graeme Lorne resigned
director
2022-11-03
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accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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officers · TM01
2022-09-05
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CRAIG, Jackie resigned
director
2021-12-06
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accounts · AA
2021-02-19
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officers · AP01
2021-02-17
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PEEDLE, Tracey Jayne appointed
director
2020-11-16
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accounts · AA
2019-11-26
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BURKE, Alfred John resigned
director
2019-11-26
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officers · TM01
2019-11-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-18
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officers · CH01
2019-11-18
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officers · AP01
2019-11-18
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officers · AP01
2019-11-18
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officers · TM01
2019-07-22
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BLACK, Tracey Janet Kinnaird appointed
director
2019-07-22
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LIVINGSTONE, Ishbell Emily appointed
director
2019-07-22
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WILKIN, James resigned
director
2017-04-12
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BLACK, Kenneth Dugald, Professor appointed
secretary
2017-04-12
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PRESTIDGE, Robert John appointed
director
2017-04-12
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QUEEN, Gavin appointed
director
2017-04-12
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BURKE, Alfred John resigned
secretary
2016-01-07
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MORRIS, Graham resigned
director
2016-01-07
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ROSS, Finlay resigned
director
2016-01-07
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WILKIN, James appointed
director
2015-06-24
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MCLAREN, Donald William resigned
director
2015-06-24
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SMITH, Duncan resigned
director
2014-06-11
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CHRYSTAL, Gilli appointed
director
2014-06-11
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MORRIS, Graham appointed
director
2014-06-11
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ROSS, Finlay appointed
director
2014-06-11
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SMITH, Duncan appointed
director
2013-06-19
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BOARDMAN, Timothy resigned
director
2012-06-20
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WATSON, Averil Anne resigned
director
2011-09-03
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JOHNSTON, Mary Catherine resigned
director
2009-07-01
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JOHNSTON, Mary Catherine appointed
director
2008-10-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Big Lottery Fund
2008-07-25
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BOARDMAN, Timothy appointed
director
2008-06-18
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MACVEAN, John Scott resigned
director
2006-08-18
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KEAY, Alexander resigned
director
2006-08-18
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MCKENZIE, Richard Norman resigned
director
2006-08-18
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SMITH, John Mitchell resigned
director
2006-03-01
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CRAIG, Jackie appointed
director
2003-05-23
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MCKENZIE, Richard Norman appointed
director

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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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2002-02-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

R A Clement Associates

5 Argyll Square

Oban

PA34 4AZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11