DALGLEN (NO. 1008) LIMITED

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SC292878 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees0100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-12
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  3. 2026-02-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-29
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  7. 2022-09-02
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  8. 2021-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-30
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  11. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-31
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  16. 2006-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  17. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    HEADEN, Esme Janet appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-01-31
    ➕
    HEADEN, David Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2006-01-31
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    DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-01-31
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    DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2005-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As DALGLEN (NO. 1008) LIMITED
  22. 2005-11-08
    ➕
    DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-11-08
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    DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 David Mark Headen
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Harvest Moon
Burnside
Tayport
Fife
DD6 9PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HEADEN, Esme Janet→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-31
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Active
HEADEN, David Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-01-31
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Active
DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-08 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned
DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-08 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property23/02/2006—
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Recent filings (54 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-03-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-27