DEESIDE DELI LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC596758 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-10
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
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-187.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £187,483
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£187k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 75% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£187k-£141k-£94k-£47k-£588£46kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£14.4k£52.4k
Current assets£11.7k£46.1k
Net assets£-187.5k£-164.6k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-05-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As DEESIDE DELI LTD
  15. 2018-05-10
    DAVIDSON, Victoria Margaret Anne appointed
    director
  16. 2018-05-10
    DAVIDSON, William Stewart appointed
    director
  17. 2018-05-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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
William Stewart Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2018
Victoria Margaret Anne Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

Hillhead Of Corse
Lumphanan
Banchory
AB31 4RD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIDSON, Victoria Margaret Anne
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-05-10
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Active
DAVIDSON, William Stewart
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-05-10
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20