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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 17.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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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 17.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.5 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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

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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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