DORANGLEN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC268681 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-02
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 4.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.56M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.2y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,561,824
Cash YoY
+155%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£34k
↑ 155% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Assets
£177k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.58M | — |
| Current assets | £177.2k | — |
| Cash | £34.4k | £13.5k |
| Debtors | £142.8k | — |
| Net assets | £1.56M | £1.51M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-01📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-04-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-05📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-01📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-11-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-02-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-06-23➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-06-23➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-06-02🏢Company incorporatedAs DORANGLEN LIMITED
- 2004-06-02➕GATT, Shona appointedsecretary
- 2004-06-02➕GATT, Shona appointeddirector
- 2004-06-02➕GATT, William David appointeddirector
- 2004-06-02➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-06-02➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shona Gatt Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
William David Gatt Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-06-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Leiper And Summers
4 Charlotte Street
Fraserburgh
AB43 9JE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
GATT, William David→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-02 · resigned 2004-06-23
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-02 · resigned 2004-06-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/07/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/02/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (99 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-05-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-30