DALLAS DESIGNS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC319375 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-23

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 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	500	600

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-26
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accounts · AA
2024-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-03-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-11
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address · AD01
2018-03-28
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legacy
miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2018-03-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2016-01-01
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DODSWORTH, Robert John appointed
director
2015-08-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2013-08-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2013-03-22
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DODSWORTH, Robert John resigned
director
2008-03-27
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MORTIMER, Amy Louise appointed
director
2008-03-27
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DODSWORTH, Susan Jean resigned
secretary
2007-03-23
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Company incorporated
As DALLAS DESIGNS LTD
2007-03-23
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DODSWORTH, Susan Jean appointed
secretary
2007-03-23
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DODSWORTH, Robert John appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Amy Louise Mortimer Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Robert John Dodsworth Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2007-03-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

8-10 Linkwood Way

Linkwood Industrial Estate

Elgin

IV30 1HY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DODSWORTH, Robert John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-01-01

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Active

MORTIMER, Amy Louise→

director · ~39y · appointed 2008-03-27

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Active

DODSWORTH, Susan Jean→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-23 · resigned 2008-03-27

Resigned

DODSWORTH, Robert John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-03-23 · resigned 2013-03-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	14/08/2015	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	06/08/2013	—

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