MDS TAXI'S LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC698963 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-17
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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, 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-05-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-05-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-08-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-08-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-08-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-08-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-08-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-07-31
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    DODDS, Dyllon William Charles appointed
    director
  16. 2021-07-30
    ➕
    DODDS, Dillon William Charles appointed
    director
  17. 2021-07-30
    ➖
    DODDS, Dillon William Charles resigned
    director
  18. 2021-07-30
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    DODDS, Dillon William Charles resigned
    director
  19. 2021-07-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2021-07-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2021-07-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2021-07-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  23. 2021-07-29
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    DODDS, Dillon William Charles appointed
    director
  24. 2021-07-29
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    DUNCAN, Lawrence resigned
    director
  25. 2021-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As MDS TAXI'S LTD
  26. 2021-05-17
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    DEWAR, Malcolm appointed
    director
  27. 2021-05-17
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    DUNCAN, Lawrence appointed
    director
  28. 2021-05-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Dyllon William Charles Dodds
Individual · British · DOB 03/1995 · age 31
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/08/2021
Mr Malcolm Dewar
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/05/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Dillon William Charles Doddsceased 30/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Lawrence Duncanceased 29/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2021-05-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

5a Dishlandtown Street
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 1QX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DEWAR, Malcolm→
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, Dyllon William Charles→
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DODDS, Dillon William Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-07-30 · resigned 2021-07-30
Resigned
DODDS, Dillon William Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-07-29 · resigned 2021-07-30
Resigned
DUNCAN, Lawrence→
director · ~72y · appointed 2021-05-17 · resigned 2021-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-25