HAMILTON OF DREM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC436530 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-09
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 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees7000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-19
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    HAMILTON JNR, James Haig resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-14
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    HAMILTON, David Brewster resigned
    director
  6. 2024-06-14
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    HAMILTON, Keir Maxwell resigned
    director
  7. 2024-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-03-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2012-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As HAMILTON OF DREM LIMITED
  22. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    HAMILTON, James Haig appointed
    secretary
  23. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    HAMILTON, James Haig appointed
    director
  24. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Lorna Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    HAMILTON, David Brewster appointed
    director
  26. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Keir Maxwell appointed
    director
  27. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    HAMILTON JNR, James Haig appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 "HAMILTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 81 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 13 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

West Fortune
Drem
North Berwick
East Lothian
EH39 5LL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HAMILTON, James Haig→
secretary · appointed 2012-11-09
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Active
HAMILTON, James Haig→
director · ~81y · appointed 2012-11-09
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Active
HAMILTON, Lorna Anne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, David Brewster→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-11-09 · resigned 2024-06-14
Resigned
HAMILTON, Keir Maxwell→
director · ~51y · appointed 2012-11-09 · resigned 2024-06-14
Resigned
HAMILTON JNR, James Haig→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-11-09 · resigned 2025-05-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/03/2014—
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18