DRAGONFLY YURTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC503737 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-20
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-31📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-03-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-19➕WALKER, Jennifer appointeddirector
- 2020-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-20🏢Company incorporatedAs DRAGONFLY YURTS LIMITED
- 2015-04-20➕WALKER, David appointeddirector
- 2015-04-20📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Jennifer Walker Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 19/03/2021 |
Mr David Walker Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Registered office
Stannergate House 41 Dundee Road West
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 1NB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-01
Last: 2025-04-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WALKER, David→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2015-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKER, Jennifer→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2021-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-31