DL ELECTRICAL & RENEWABLES LIMITED
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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £139.2k | — |
| Current assets | £257.9k | — |
| Cash | £194.1k | — |
| Debtors | £47.5k | — |
| Net assets | £139.2k | — |
| Average employees | — | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals 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
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13🏢Company incorporatedAs DL ELECTRICAL & RENEWABLES LIMITED
- 2022-07-13➕LIGHTFOOT, Deaglan Scott appointeddirector
- 2022-07-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Kirsten Ellen Scott Individual · British · DOB 07/1997 · age 29 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/03/2023 |
Mr Deaglan Scott Lightfoot Individual · British · DOB 04/1997 · age 29 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 13/07/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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 · Construction · TD postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKS JOINERY LIMITED→ SC237743 · est 2002 | — | — | — | 500 | 23y | 83 | 63y |
| TERNION JOINERY LIMITED→ SC292238 · est 2005 | — | — | £17.7k | — | 20y | 83 | 62y |
| B & K HUME GROUNDWORKS LIMITED→ SC290502 · est 2005 | — | — | £558.0k | — | 20y | 82 | 87y |
| BORDER COATINGS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC262007 · est 2004 | — | — | — | 4 | 22y | 82 | 81y |
| BRYAN MOFFAT LIMITED→ SC283643 · est 2005 | — | — | £179 | — | 21y | 82 | 59y |
| DOBBIE & MICHIE LIMITED→ SC243747 · est 2003 | — | — | £161.7k | — | 23y | 82 | 58y |
| FAIRVIEW BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED→ 00808186 · est 1964 | — | — | — | 2 | 61y | 82 | 65y |
| FJORDHUS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC298266 · est 2006 | — | — | — | 700 | 20y | 82 | 80y |
| FJORDHUS LIMITED→ SC193582 · est 1999 | — | — | — | 0 | 27y | 82 | 80y |
| TOMMY MCCOLL ELECTRICAL LTD→ 13484599 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| TWEED TIMBER FRAME LTD→ 14598774 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ULTRAMECH NORTH EAST LTD→ 12925214 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
8 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 →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
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.