DANLEY DISTRIBUTION LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC631599 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-24
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £161.3k |
| Current assets | — | £334.9k |
| Cash | — | £4.7k |
| Debtors | — | £74.8k |
| Net assets | — | £149.9k |
| Average employees | 3 | — |
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.
See pricing →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 (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-03-27📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-17➕COLLINS, Peter appointeddirector
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-01-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-24🏢Company incorporatedAs DANLEY DISTRIBUTION LTD
- 2019-05-24➕MACKIE, Iain appointeddirector
- 2019-05-24➕WARD, Gregor Finlay appointeddirector
- 2019-05-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Iain Mackie Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/05/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Gregor Finlay Wardceased 24/05/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Wholesale & distribution · G postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON WHISKY LIMITED→ SC705544 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| FH WHOLESALE LIMITED→ SC841041 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| FIRST HALAL MEAT LTD→ SC707980 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| FKBTEX LIMITED→ SC884014 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FOLOG LTD→ SC858557 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FORNAX TRADING LIMITED→ SC709904 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| FTRE GLASGOW LTD→ SC676535 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| FULL STOP PERIOD WEAR LTD→ SC793072 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FUSIONTEL LTD→ SC804980 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FUTURTEC LTD→ SC819125 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| FYNEPAX INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC312661 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| G & KM LIMITED→ SC666877 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-05-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
6th Floor Gordon Chambers
90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
COLLINS, Peter→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2023-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACKIE, Iain→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2019-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARD, Gregor Finlay→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2019-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-28