DONALDSONS OF ORKNEY
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.7y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £463.1k |
| Current assets | £168.6k |
| Cash | £52.4k |
| Debtors | £87.6k |
| Net assets | £86.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-08-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-08-02🏢Company incorporatedAs DONALDSONS OF ORKNEY
- 2022-08-02➕DEARNESS, Darren appointeddirector
- 2022-08-02➕HAY, Justin appointeddirector
- 2022-08-02📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Dearness Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 02/08/2022 |
Justin Hay Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 02/08/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/08/2023 | — |