SD DIGGER HIRE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC579671 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-23
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
£238.3k
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02400SIC 02400
  • 42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
  • 43120Site preparation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 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
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Turnover£238.3k
Average employees-200-200

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.

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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 (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-22
    DUNCAN, Calvin Kyle appointed
    secretary
  8. 2019-07-22
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2019-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-10-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SD DIGGER HIRE LTD
  11. 2017-10-23
    DUNCAN, Alexander George appointed
    director
  12. 2017-10-23
    DUNCAN, Calvin Kyle appointed
    director
  13. 2017-10-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Alexander George Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/10/2017
Mr Calvin Kyle Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1991 · age 35
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/10/2017

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
Incorporated2017-10-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Muirs
Lumsden
Huntly
AB54 4JU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DUNCAN, Calvin Kyle
secretary · appointed 2019-07-22
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Active
DUNCAN, Alexander George
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-10-23
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Active
DUNCAN, Calvin Kyle
director · ~35y · appointed 2017-10-23
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-22