D R W LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC278769 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-22

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 18.5y 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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£91.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.5y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £91,740

Cash YoY

+121%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£77k

↑ 121% YoY

Net Worth

£92k

↑ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£713k

↑ 83% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£340.5k	£174.6k
Current assets	£712.9k	£388.9k
Cash	£76.9k	£34.8k
Debtors	£236.5k	£297.4k
Net assets	£91.7k	£67.1k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2025-02-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-18
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mortgage · MR01
2024-12-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited
2024-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
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officers · AP01
2022-01-17
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officers · AP01
2022-01-10
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BELL, Kyle Andrew appointed
director
2021-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-06
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WHITE, Christian appointed
director
2019-12-02
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capital · SH06
2019-12-02
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capital · SH03
2019-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-04
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MCKINNEL, Steven John resigned
director
2017-02-01
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MCKINNEL, Steven John appointed
director
2008-01-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-01-22
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Company incorporated
As D R W LTD.
2005-01-22
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WHITE, Roslyn appointed
secretary
2005-01-22
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WHITE, David appointed
director
2005-01-22
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WHITE, Roslyn appointed
director
2005-01-22
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-01-22
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-01-22
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CODIR LIMITED appointed
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2005-01-22
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CODIR LIMITED resigned
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2005-01-22
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-01-22
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Cwkb Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cwkb Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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D R W LTD.

This company · SC278769

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cwkb Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	21/06/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David Whiteceased 21/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mrs Roslyn Whiteceased 21/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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KIRKCUDBRIGHT 2000 LIMITED→ SC203223 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	81	83y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 2 1 Annan Business Park

Annan

DG12 6TZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22