DIRECT JOINERY SERVICES LTD
Opportunity 58/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (48/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Recent activity
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2010-05-07📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2010-05-07🏁Company dissolved
- 2010-01-15📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2009-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-06-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2009-06-29📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2009-06-29📄legacyofficers · 288c
- 2009-03-18📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2009-02-06📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2007-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2007-08-08📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2007-08-08📄legacyofficers · 288c
- 2007-08-08📄legacyofficers · 288c
- 2007-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-08-11📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2006-08-11📄legacyofficers · 288c
- 2005-10-10📄legacyofficers · 288c
- 2005-10-10📄legacyofficers · 288c
- 2005-07-28📄legacyaccounts · 225
- 2005-07-18🏢Company incorporatedAs DIRECT JOINERY SERVICES LTD
- 2005-07-18➕KIRKPATRICK, Catriona Anne appointedsecretary
- 2005-07-18➕KEMP, Richard Alan appointeddirector
- 2005-07-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 21 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
1 high ·Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2010-05-07
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