MARDAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC393171 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees50004900

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-02-18
    ➖
    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  3. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-23
    ➖
    LEWIS, Michael resigned
    director
  17. 2015-06-04
    ➖
    DAVIES, Scott resigned
    director
  18. 2015-02-10
    ➖
    MURRAY DONALD LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2015-02-10
    ➕
    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2014-01-16
    ➕
    DAVIES, Scott appointed
    director
  21. 2014-01-16
    ➕
    LEWIS, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-04
    ➕
    DALTON, Graham Kennedy appointed
    director
  23. 2012-01-04
    ➕
    DALTON, Kennedy Fletcher appointed
    director
  24. 2012-01-04
    ➕
    DALTON, Marjorie appointed
    director
  25. 2012-01-04
    ➕
    WIJKSTROM, Julie appointed
    director
  26. 2012-01-04
    ➖
    LANG, Alistair James resigned
    director
  27. 2011-02-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MARDAL LIMITED
  28. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    MURRAY DONALD LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    LANG, Alistair James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kennedy Fletcher Dalton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Kinburn Castle
Double Dykes Road
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DALTON, Graham Kennedy→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALTON, Kennedy Fletcher→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALTON, Marjorie→
director · ~79y · appointed 2012-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WIJKSTROM, Julie→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY DONALD LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2015-02-10
Resigned
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-02-10 · resigned 2026-02-18
Resigned
DAVIES, Scott→
director · ~40y · appointed 2014-01-16 · resigned 2015-06-04
Resigned
LANG, Alistair James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2012-01-04
Resigned
LEWIS, Michael→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-01-16 · resigned 2015-09-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-22