DY CIVILS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC720780 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-24
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£4.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,849

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 409% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£4k£7k£9k£11kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£4.8k£953
Current assets£9.6k£10.9k
Cash£2.0k
Debtors£7.6k
Net assets£4.8k£953

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
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DY CIVILS LIMITED
  7. 2022-01-24
    KERR, Andrew appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-24
    KERR, Yvonne appointed
    director
  9. 2022-01-24
    📄
    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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 66. 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 Andrew Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/01/2022
Ms Yvonne Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

11c Gatehead Road
Crosshouse
Kilmarnock
KA2 0HN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KERR, Andrew
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-01-24
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Active
KERR, Yvonne
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-01-24
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-24