DGP COMMERCIAL FINANCE LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC733067 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
10 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
60
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 £1,666
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
-£2k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£79
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£2k-£1k-£968-£619-£270£79May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£79£-1.7k
Current assets£79£79
Cash£79
Net assets£-1.7k£-1.7k

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

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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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-22
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2022-08-16
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-05-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DGP COMMERCIAL FINANCE LTD
  7. 2022-05-20
    MCKNIGHT, Graham Ellis appointed
    director
  8. 2022-05-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Ellis Mcknight
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest20/05/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • The Mcknight Financial Group Ltdceased 16/08/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest

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
Incorporated2022-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

5th Floor Moncrieff House 69 West Nile Street
Glasgow
Glasgow
G1 2QB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCKNIGHT, Graham Ellis
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-05-20
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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-20