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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒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 18.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.2 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

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
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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
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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 21 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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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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