DRYSDALE STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC295970 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-24

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£2.81M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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

1 live charge · oldest 20.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,812,245

Cash YoY

+15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.2m

↑ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£2.8m

↑ 1.2% YoY

Current Assets

£2.2m

↑ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£3.17M	£3.16M
Current assets	£2.22M	£2.02M
Cash	£1.25M	£1.09M
Debtors	£470.4k	£465.6k
Net assets	£2.81M	£2.78M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 officers
• 1 change-of-name

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 officers
• 1 change-of-name

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-21
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SCOUGALL, Alexander Willam resigned
director
2026-03-31
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
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accounts · AA
2022-11-03
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accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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capital · SH01
2018-09-19
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capital · SH01
2018-07-16
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capital · SH01
2018-06-07
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2018-04-04
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-03-29
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2017-01-06
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PATTERSON, Ian resigned
director
2008-08-15
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FORREST, Jennifer appointed
secretary
2008-08-15
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DODDS, Alistair John resigned
secretary
2006-03-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-01-24
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Company incorporated
As DRYSDALE STORAGE LIMITED
2006-01-24
➕
DRYSDALE, Robert Hogg appointed
director
2006-01-24
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DRYSDALE, Robin Hogg appointed
director
2006-01-24
➕
DODDS, Alistair John appointed
secretary
2006-01-24
➕
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-24
➕
PATTERSON, Ian appointed
director
2006-01-24
➕
SCOUGALL, Alexander Willam appointed
director
2006-01-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-01-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DRYSDALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-31: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robin Hogg Drysdale Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Tower Farm

Cockburnspath

Berwickshire

TD13 5YU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

FORREST, Jennifer→

secretary · appointed 2008-08-15

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Active

DRYSDALE, Robert Hogg→

director · ~54y · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

DRYSDALE, Robin Hogg→

director · ~79y · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

DODDS, Alistair John→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2008-08-15

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2006-01-24

Resigned

PATTERSON, Ian→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2017-01-06

Resigned

SCOUGALL, Alexander Willam→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2026-04-21

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2006-01-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	30/03/2006	—

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Recent filings (77 total)

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2026-04-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-22

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2026-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-27