DIRECT AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC513054 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-13
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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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 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 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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-14
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    BRYCE, Paul John appointed
    director
  3. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2015-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As DIRECT AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEMS LIMITED
  15. 2015-08-13
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Paul appointed
    director
  16. 2015-08-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 65. 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/08/2016
Mrs Margaret Ann Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/02/2021

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
Incorporated2015-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

6 Loch Awe Place
Coatbridge
Lanarkshire
ML5 1EH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRYCE, Paul John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2026-04-14
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Active
KENNEDY, Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-08-13
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Recent filings (23 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-10