DWK OFFICE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC258582 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-31
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 21.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46660
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 21.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-05-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-05-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-12-12
    ➕
    KEITH, Fiona appointed
    director
  17. 2011-10-20
    ➕
    KEITH, David William appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-10-20
    ➖
    KEITH, Moira Linda Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-04-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  20. 2003-10-31
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    Company incorporated
    As DWK OFFICE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  21. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    KEITH, David William appointed
    director
  22. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    KEITH, Moira Linda Anne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-10-31
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-10-31
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-10-31
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David William Keith
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46660 — SIC 46660

Registered office

5 Brunel Road
West Gourdie Industrial Estate
Dundee
DD2 4TG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KEITH, David William→
secretary · appointed 2011-10-20
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Active
KEITH, David William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-10-31
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Active
KEITH, Fiona→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-12-12
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Active
KEITH, Moira Linda Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-31 · resigned 2011-10-20
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-31 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-31 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property17/04/2005—
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Recent filings (65 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31