DALLAS DECORATORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC422536 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-23

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£210.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Painting

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43390Other building completion and finishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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, 2 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £210,672

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£211k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£191k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£243.8k	£212.2k
Current assets	£191.3k	£159.8k
Net assets	£210.7k	£184.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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2025-03-20
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2024-06-26
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officers · CH01
2024-03-14
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accounts · AA
2023-03-15
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accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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capital · SH01
2021-06-21
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officers · AP01
2021-06-10
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JAWOR, Mariusz appointed
director
2021-04-12
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accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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2019-03-19
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2018-03-09
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2017-03-22
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2016-05-09
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2016-03-25
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accounts · AA
2015-04-29
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2012-04-23
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Company incorporated
As DALLAS DECORATORS LIMITED
2012-04-23
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DALLAS, William Alister appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DALLAS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 71 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Alister Dallas Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-04-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

Peter Munro & Co

15/17 High Street

Kingussie

Inverness-Shire

PH21 1HS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-15

Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DALLAS, William Alister→

director · ~71y · appointed 2012-04-23

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Active

JAWOR, Mariusz→

director · ~43y · appointed 2021-06-10

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-21

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2021-06-22

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-06-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-04-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-05-11