D & R CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC338244 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-21

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 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Site preparation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 16.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 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 (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

50 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	500	400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-04
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annual-return · AR01
2014-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-03-03
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2010-03-26
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NICOLSON, Wilda Marie appointed
director
2009-06-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-03-12
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NICOLSON, David Laurence appointed
director
2008-03-12
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-03-12
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director
2008-02-21
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Company incorporated
As D & R CONTRACTORS LIMITED
2008-02-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-02-21
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Laurence Nicolson Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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

Incorporated2008-02-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43120 — Site preparation

Registered office

Lower Longaskule

Bixter

Shetland Islands

ZE2 9LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

NICOLSON, David Laurence→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-12

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Active

NICOLSON, Wilda Marie→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-03-26

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2008-03-12

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2008-03-12

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	24/06/2009	—

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