DONALDSON BUILDING SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC538808 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-24
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Lifecycle stage: established → mature
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Lifecycle stage: established → mature
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£30.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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, 2 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
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £30,124
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,416 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£30k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£30.1k£36.6k
Current assets£28.6k£40.2k
Net assets£30.1k£34.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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  2. 2025-02-24
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  3. 2024-02-05
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  4. 2023-11-01
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  5. 2023-11-01
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  7. 2023-11-01
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  8. 2023-08-10
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    address · AD01
  9. 2022-11-02
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  10. 2022-03-16
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  11. 2021-07-26
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  12. 2021-03-23
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  13. 2020-01-16
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  14. 2018-12-21
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  15. 2017-12-20
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  16. 2016-06-24
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    Company incorporated
    As DONALDSON BUILDING SOLUTIONS LTD
  17. 2016-06-24
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    DONALDSON, Ian appointed
    director
  18. 2016-06-24
    ➕
    DONALDSON, Nicki Patricia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DONALDSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 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 68. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Donaldson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares18/07/2017
Mrs Nicki Patricia Donaldson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/07/2017

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
Incorporated2016-06-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Wards House
Wards Road
Elgin
IV30 1NL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DONALDSON, Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-06-24
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Active
DONALDSON, Nicki Patricia→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-06-24
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Recent filings (28 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-16