DANRO CONTRACTS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC525713 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£222
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £222
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,537 YoY
Cash YoY
+1628%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£35k
↑ 1628% YoY
Net Worth
£222
↓ 92% YoY
Current Assets
£99k
↑ 220% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £45.3k | £6.2k |
| Current assets | £98.9k | £30.9k |
| Cash | £35.0k | £2.0k |
| Debtors | £56.9k | £11.9k |
| Net assets | £222 | £2.8k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-03✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-01-07✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-01-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-01➕MCCORMICK, Brian John appointeddirector
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-07➖HENDERSON, Grant resigneddirector
- 2016-02-02🏢Company incorporatedAs DANRO CONTRACTS LTD
- 2016-02-02➕FERGUSON, Steven George appointeddirector
- 2016-02-02➕HENDERSON, Grant appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- 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
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2024-07-03: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Brian John Mccormick Individual · British · DOB 06/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2022 |
Mr Steven George Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 06/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/02/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Grant Hendersonceased 07/07/2017· 25-50% shares
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
Incorporated2016-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation
Registered office
19a Wellside Place
Falkirk
FK1 5RL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
FERGUSON, Steven George→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2016-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCORMICK, Brian John→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2022-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HENDERSON, Grant→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2017-07-07
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Recent filings (32 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-01-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-07