DONNY'S CARPETS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC338211 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47510
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees500500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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  2. 2024-08-15
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-09-27
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  5. 2021-09-24
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  6. 2020-09-21
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  7. 2019-09-09
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  8. 2018-09-04
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  9. 2018-08-31
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    MCINNES, Donald James resigned
    director
  10. 2018-08-16
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  11. 2017-09-23
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  12. 2016-09-02
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  13. 2016-02-22
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  14. 2015-08-28
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  15. 2015-02-23
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  16. 2014-08-06
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  17. 2008-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As DONNY'S CARPETS LIMITED
  18. 2008-02-21
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    MAGUIRE, Ian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-02-21
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    MAGUIRE, Ewan appointed
    director
  20. 2008-02-21
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    MAGUIRE, Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2008-02-21
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2008-02-21
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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  23. 2008-02-21
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    MCINNES, Donald James appointed
    director
  24. 2008-02-21
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2008-02-21
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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 18 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 Ian Maguire
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Ewan Maguire
Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510

Registered office

Whiteside, Birniehill
Whitburn Road
Bathgate
EH48 2HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MAGUIRE, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-21
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Active
MAGUIRE, Ewan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-02-21
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Active
MAGUIRE, Ian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2008-02-21
Resigned
MCINNES, Donald James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2018-08-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2008-02-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
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accounts · AA
2025-09-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
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accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-05