DOOR & GATE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC607186 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-04
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£71.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43290Other construction installation
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £71,164
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£146k
Net Worth
£71k
Current Assets
£190k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £167.8k |
| Current assets | £190.2k |
| Cash | £146.0k |
| Debtors | £44.2k |
| Net assets | £71.2k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-01-27➕GILLESPIE, Karine Eileen appointeddirector
- 2021-01-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) LTD
- 2020-09-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-04🏢Company incorporatedAs DOOR & GATE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
- 2018-09-04➕GILLESPIE, Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2018-09-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Kenneth Gillespie Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/09/2018 |
Mrs Karine Eileen Gillespie Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/09/2018 |
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
Incorporated2018-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
Unit 7 Flowerhill Industrial Estate
Airdrie
ML6 6BH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GILLESPIE, Karine Eileen→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2021-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILLESPIE, Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2018-09-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) LTD | A registered charge | — | 25/01/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-27