D. R. COLLIN & SON LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC388209 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-04

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£10.58M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10200

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 14.5y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 14.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (7 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,578,827

Cash YoY

+41%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2.1m

↑ 41% YoY

Net Worth

£11m

↑ 2.5% YoY

Current Assets

£7.2m

↑ 7.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£11.71M	£11.30M
Current assets	£7.20M	£6.72M
Cash	£2.11M	£1.49M
Debtors	£4.06M	£3.45M
Net assets	£10.58M	£10.32M

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

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4 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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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COOK, Yvonne appointed
director
2024-12-05
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officers · AP01
2024-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-10-13
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-13
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Charge satisfied #11
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2023-03-03
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-02
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capital · SH01
2023-03-02
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officers · AP01
2023-02-28
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MARK, Ryan Thomas appointed
director
2023-01-31
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capital · SH03
2023-01-12
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capital · SH06
2022-11-14
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capital · SH03
2022-11-10
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capital · SH06
2022-10-06
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MIDDLEMISS, Jane Cowe resigned
director
2022-10-06
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officers · TM01
2022-03-04
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mortgage · MR01
2022-02-24
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2022-01-31
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accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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officers · CH01
2021-11-15
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officers · CH01
2021-11-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-17
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Charge satisfied #9
2020-07-13
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MCROBBIE, William Kenneth resigned
director
2019-06-19
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-05-07
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-04-30
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #8
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #7
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #5
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #4
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #6
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-07-01
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-07-18
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-06-19
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MARK, Ryan appointed
secretary
2012-06-19
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MCLEOD, Janice Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2011-11-02
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-11-02
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-11-02
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-11-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-10-21
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AITCHISON, Stuart Fraser appointed
director
2011-10-21
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VIRTUE, Paul James appointed
director
2011-10-21
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WILSON, Shona Alice appointed
director
2011-10-21
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MCLEOD, Janice Elizabeth appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 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

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Cowe Cook Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	04/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-11-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

Unit 1 Coldingham Road Industrial Estate

Eyemouth

TD14 5AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21