DALES RESOURCES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC489961 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-28

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£233

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £233

Net assets shrinking

Down £681 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£233

↓ 75% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↓ 7.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£1.0k	£1.7k
Current assets	£8.8k	£9.5k
Net assets	£233	£914

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

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2014-10-28
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Company incorporated
As DALES RESOURCES LIMITED
2014-10-28
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DALE, Alastair John appointed
director
2014-10-28
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DALE, George Marshall appointed
director
2014-10-28
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MCFADZEAN, Jennifer Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-10-28
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alastair John Dale Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/10/2016
Mr George Marshall Dale Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	26/10/2016
Mrs Jennifer Elizabther Mcfadzean Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	26/10/2016

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

Incorporated2014-10-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

1 Seaford Street

Kilmarnock

Ayrshire

KA1 2BZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-11

Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DALE, Alastair John→

director · ~47y · appointed 2014-10-28

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DALE, George Marshall→

director · ~52y · appointed 2014-10-28

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MCFADZEAN, Jennifer Elizabeth→

director · ~50y · appointed 2014-10-28

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