D J LAING RECYCLING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC398953 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-05

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 14.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

38320SIC 38320

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 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

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	0	0

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
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accounts · AA
2024-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-05-25
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mortgage · MR04
2017-05-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-02-17
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accounts · AA
2016-06-03
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-02
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accounts · AA
2015-05-08
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2015-01-16
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ALLISON, Shelagh Margaret resigned
director
2012-04-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-03-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2011-07-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-05-05
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Company incorporated
As D J LAING RECYCLING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2011-05-05
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LAING, Dorothy Strachan Watson appointed
secretary
2011-05-05
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LAING, David John appointed
director
2011-05-05
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LAING, Dorothy Strachan Watson appointed
director
2011-05-05
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NICOLL, Karen Anne appointed
director
2011-05-05
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ALLISON, Shelagh Margaret appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LAING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Dorothy Strachan Watson Laing Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/05/2016
Mr David John Laing Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/05/2016

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

Incorporated2011-05-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Laing House

Panmure Industrial Estate

Carnoustie

DD7 7NP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-19

Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

LAING, Dorothy Strachan Watson→

secretary · appointed 2011-05-05

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Active

LAING, David John→

director · ~79y · appointed 2011-05-05

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Active

LAING, Dorothy Strachan Watson→

director · ~76y · appointed 2011-05-05

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Active

NICOLL, Karen Anne→

director · ~57y · appointed 2011-05-05

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Active

ALLISON, Shelagh Margaret→

director · ~63y · appointed 2011-05-05 · resigned 2015-01-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited	Floating charge	1 property	02/03/2012	25/05/2017
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	12/07/2011	04/04/2012