DAL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC493580 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-17
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 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-12-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-06-06
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  18. 2018-04-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2018-03-28
    ➖
    DALGLEISH, Karen Victoria resigned
    director
  20. 2017-07-14
    ➖
    SINCLAIR, William John resigned
    director
  21. 2014-12-18
    ➕
    DALGLEISH, Karen Victoria appointed
    director
  22. 2014-12-18
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, William John appointed
    director
  23. 2014-12-18
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Karen Victoria Dalgleish
  24. 2014-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As DAL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  25. 2014-12-17
    ➕
    BOOTH, William Edward appointed
    director
  26. 2014-12-17
    ➕
    LATIMER, Robert Mannin appointed
    director
  27. 2014-12-17
    ➕
    LATIMER, Michelle Claire appointed
    director
  28. 2014-12-17
    ➖
    LATIMER, Michelle Claire resigned
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
William Edward Booth
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1 Sinclairs Street
Dunblane
Perthshire
FK15 0AH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BOOTH, William Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LATIMER, Robert Mannin→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALGLEISH, Karen Victoria→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-12-18 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned
LATIMER, Michelle Claire→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-12-17 · resigned 2014-12-17
Resigned
SINCLAIR, William John→
director · ~89y · appointed 2014-12-18 · resigned 2017-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Karen Victoria Dalgleish
A registered charge—18/12/201412/04/2018

Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20