2DM DRUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC413475 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-20
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.5y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Newest facility, 2.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-22
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  3. 2025-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-09
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-11-09
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2023-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
  9. 2023-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-11-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clyedsdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
  11. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-05
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-10-23
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    WILSON, Morag Alison appointed
    director
  17. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-16
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    accounts · AA01
  19. 2018-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 2DM DRUM LIMITED
  21. 2011-12-20
    ➕
    WILSON, David William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David William Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares30/06/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

C/O Montpelier Prof (Galloway) Ltd
1 Dashwood Square
Newton Stewart
DG8 6EQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILSON, David William→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-12-20
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Active
WILSON, Morag Alison→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-10-23
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
A registered charge—03/11/2023—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clyedsdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
A registered charge1 property02/11/2023—
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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-11-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22