DONNINI APARTMENTS LTD

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SC529922 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£461.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £461,043
Cash YoY
+292%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£353k
↑ 292% YoY
Net Worth
£461k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£802k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£160k£321k£481k£642k£802kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£496.3k£321.1k
Current assets£802.0k£495.1k
Cash£353.5k£90.2k
Debtors£448.5k£404.8k
Net assets£461.0k£284.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-07-24
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2024-03-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-03-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-02-29
    MALYON, Laurence Shaw resigned
    director
  8. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-06-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  17. 2018-06-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2016-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DONNINI APARTMENTS LTD
  19. 2016-03-17
    MURRAY, Jacob Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-17
    MALYON, Laurence Shaw appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-07-24: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Links Investments Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Links Investments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
DONNINI APARTMENTS LTD
This company · SC529922

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Links Investments Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/02/2024
Mr Jacob Edward Murray
Individual · British · DOB 04/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Laurence Shaw Malyonceased 29/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Hartfield House
1 Racecourse View
Ayr
KA7 2TS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MURRAY, Jacob Edward
director · ~30y · appointed 2016-03-17
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Active
MALYON, Laurence Shaw
director · ~30y · appointed 2016-03-17 · resigned 2024-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26