DRIVELINE HOLDINGS LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 6.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
No material changes in the last 30 days.
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Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.4y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.04M | £1.81M |
| Current assets | £3.43M | £2.28M |
| Cash | £1.10M | £386.4k |
| Debtors | £2.04M | £1.65M |
| Net assets | £3.01M | £1.80M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-26➕RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointeddirector
- 2024-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-02-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-04➕JACK, Claire appointedsecretary
- 2019-02-04📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2017-07-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-06-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-03-23➕DOYLE, Kevin Michael appointeddirector
- 2013-11-13➖COOPER, Mark resignedsecretary
- 2013-11-13➖COOPER, Mark Richard Charles resigneddirector
- 2012-07-10🏢Company incorporatedAs DRIVELINE HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2012-07-10➕MCLEAN, Stewart appointeddirector
- 2012-07-10➕COOPER, Mark appointedsecretary
- 2012-07-10➕COOPER, Mark Richard Charles appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanGroup structure
Caledonian Heritable Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Caledonian Heritable Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 23/03/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Stewart Mcleanceased 23/03/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/02/2020 | — |