DALGLIESH SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC775555 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-12
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 opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 50 → 30
  • · Opportunity score: 60 → 51
  • · Bankability: 50 → 40
  • · Filings: 7 → 8
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • Opportunity score: 6051
  • Hygiene score: 5030
  • Bankability: 5040
  • Filings: 78
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
51/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 51/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
51/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-06-18
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-06-17
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-10-05
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2024-10-01
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2023-07-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DALGLIESH SERVICES LTD
  7. 2023-07-12
    MOLLAH, Rezaul appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-04-12

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-26

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rezaul Mollah
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

272 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-04-12OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MOLLAH, Rezaul
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-07-12
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Recent filings (8 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-07-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-12