THE MAINS OF DRUM GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

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SC311898 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-14
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 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£465.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

3 live charges · oldest 17.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.8 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £465,347

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£80k
Net Worth
£465k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£93k£186k£279k£372k£465kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£79.8k—
Net assets£465.3k—
Average employees—6400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
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  2. 2024-07-04
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  3. 2023-10-30
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  4. 2023-01-10
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  5. 2022-10-28
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  6. 2021-08-24
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  7. 2020-11-24
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  8. 2019-07-05
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  9. 2018-05-22
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  10. 2017-08-03
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  11. 2016-11-15
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  12. 2016-05-16
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  13. 2015-11-17
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  14. 2015-09-15
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  15. 2014-11-17
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  16. 2014-09-01
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    FORBES, Cameron Anderson appointed
    director
  17. 2014-09-01
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    FORBES, Craig Alistair appointed
    director
  18. 2014-09-01
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    FORBES, Grant Euan appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2008-08-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2008-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2006-11-24
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    FORBES, Audrey May appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-11-24
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    FORBES, Audrey May appointed
    director
  24. 2006-11-24
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    FORBES, Deryck Allister appointed
    director
  25. 2006-11-24
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  26. 2006-11-24
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  27. 2006-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As THE MAINS OF DRUM GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
  28. 2006-11-14
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2006-11-14
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

83/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Deryck Allister Forbes
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Audrey May Forbes
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47760 — SIC 47760

Registered office

East Mains Of Drum
Drumoak
Banchory
Aberdeenshire
AB31 5AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

FORBES, Audrey May→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-24
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Active
FORBES, Audrey May→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-11-24
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FORBES, Cameron Anderson→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-09-01
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FORBES, Craig Alistair→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-09-01
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Active
FORBES, Deryck Allister→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-11-24
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Active
FORBES, Grant Euan→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-09-01
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Active
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-24
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property27/10/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property28/08/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/07/2008—
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Recent filings (60 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
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2025-10-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
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accounts · AA
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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2020-11-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-14
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accounts · AA
2019-07-05