DORIAN CLEANING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC395252 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-10

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised cleaning services

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,265

Net assets shrinking

Down £20 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1k

↓ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↓ 21% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£3.7k	£5.2k
Current assets	£22.5k	£28.6k
Net assets	£1.3k	£1.3k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-06-18
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accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
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accounts · AA
2022-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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officers · AP01
2020-02-26
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ANDERSON, Robert Brian appointed
director
2019-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-03
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officers · TM01
2018-06-03
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officers · TM02
2018-06-01
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ANDERSON, Dorota Anna resigned
secretary
2018-06-01
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ANDERSON, Robert Brian resigned
director
2018-04-18
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address · AD01
2017-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-03-11
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-13
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ANDERSON, Robert Brian appointed
director
2011-03-10
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Company incorporated
As DORIAN CLEANING LIMITED
2011-03-10
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ANDERSON, Dorota Anna appointed
director
2011-03-10
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ANDERSON, Dorota Anna appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Dorota Anna Anderson Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	08/03/2017

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

Incorporated2011-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81222 — Specialised cleaning services

Registered office

4 Chapelton Grove

Polbeth

West Calder

EH55 8SW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ANDERSON, Dorota Anna→

director · ~59y · appointed 2011-03-10

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ANDERSON, Robert Brian→

director · ~74y · appointed 2020-02-26

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Active

ANDERSON, Dorota Anna→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-10 · resigned 2018-06-01

Resigned

ANDERSON, Robert Brian→

director · ~74y · appointed 2015-04-13 · resigned 2018-06-01

Resigned

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