D&S BUILDERS (ELGIN) LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC460600 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-03

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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2025-06-06
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2024-05-14
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accounts · AA
2023-10-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-12
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2023-09-01
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accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts · AA01
2020-07-22
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts · AA
2019-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-03-26
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2019-03-26
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officers · CH01
2019-02-27
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address · AD01
2018-08-30
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address · AD01
2013-10-03
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Company incorporated
As D&S BUILDERS (ELGIN) LTD
2013-10-03
➕
SIDEBOTTOM, David appointed
director
2013-10-03
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SIDEBOTTOM, David Forbes appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 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 75 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Zoe Sidebottom Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/09/2023
Mr David Sidebottom Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Forbes Sidebottomceased 01/09/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest

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

Incorporated2013-10-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

26 Fairway Avenue

New Elgin

Elgin

IV30 6XF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-17

Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SIDEBOTTOM, David→

director · ~50y · appointed 2013-10-03

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Active

SIDEBOTTOM, David Forbes→

director · ~75y · appointed 2013-10-03

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Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-05-14

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-10-12

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-10-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-07-28

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2021-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-05