DALS PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC267787 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-12
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£810.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of construction holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £810,152

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£810k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£162k£324k£486k£648k£810kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£940.2k£852.3k
Current assets£37.4k£160.1k
Net assets£810.2k£797.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-10-21
    ➖
    BROWN, Ann resigned
    secretary
  6. 2025-10-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-06-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-06-01
    ➕
    BEATTIE, David appointed
    director
  14. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-02-05
    ➖
    BEATTIE, Graham resigned
    director
  20. 2004-05-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DALS PROPERTIES LIMITED
  21. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Colin appointed
    director
  22. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    BROWN, Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-05-12
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BEATTIE, David (same surname) appointed 2022-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Beattie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64203 — Activities of construction holding companies

Registered office

11 Kilmarnock Road
Crosshouse
Kilmarnock
KA2 0EZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BEATTIE, Colin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEATTIE, David→
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2025-10-21
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2004-05-12
Resigned
BEATTIE, Graham→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2015-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-13