DRESS FOR SUCCESS SCOTLAND LTD

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SC371432 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-01-19

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£49.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46160

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

33 officers (5 active, 33 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £49,691

Cash YoY

+11%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£45k

↑ 11% YoY

Net Worth

£50k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£49.7k	£40.0k
Current assets	—	£40.7k
Cash	£45.2k	£40.7k
Net assets	£49.7k	£40.0k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (84 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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MCCULLOCH, Ashleigh resigned
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2025-09-25
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2025-03-19
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BRUCE, Jessica resigned
director
2024-09-26
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2024-09-25
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2024-09-14
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MULLANE, Michelle Jean resigned
director
2024-08-24
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BEAL, Nicola appointed
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2024-05-30
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2024-03-13
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CHRISTIE, Bethany resigned
director
2024-03-13
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MCCULLOCH, Ashleigh appointed
director
2024-01-22
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WALLACE, Pauline Cameron appointed
director
2024-01-10
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BRUCE, Jessica appointed
director
2024-01-10
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MULLANE, Michelle Jean appointed
director
2023-11-21
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TODD, Claudia Francesca appointed
director
2023-11-21
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HAINING, Carol resigned
director
2023-08-01
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MENZIES, Marion Joy resigned
director
2023-03-08
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CHRISTIE, Bethany appointed
director
2022-12-08
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MCNICOLL, Isabel Russell resigned
director
2022-08-04
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MCWHINNIE, Fiona Paterson resigned
director
2022-06-16
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HAINING, Carol appointed
director
2021-11-10
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BELL, Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-07-31
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MCNULTY, Jacqueline resigned
director
2021-07-31
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MCWHINNIE, Fiona Paterson appointed
director
2020-09-24
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MCWHINNIE, Fiona Paterson resigned
director
2020-04-30
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MURNING, Mhairi Isla resigned
director
2020-03-18
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MCNULTY, Jacqueline appointed
director
2019-12-31
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EVANS, Lesley Alison resigned
director
2019-09-01
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MURNING, Mhairi Isla appointed
director
2018-09-29
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MCNICOLL, Isabel Russell appointed
director
2018-09-29
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MCWHINNIE, Fiona Paterson appointed
director
2018-07-31
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MCBRIDE, Catherine resigned
director
2018-06-30
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CAMPBELL, Anne-Marie resigned
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2010-01-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46160 — SIC 46160

Registered office

8 Douglas Street

Hamilton

Lanarkshire

ML3 0BP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19