DRYGATE LARKHALL LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC777689 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-01
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 · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 2 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 85
  • · Filings: 13 → 16
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 1 improved, 1 worsened.

  • Hygiene score: 9085
  • Filings: 1316
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 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
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 3 officers
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-30
    NABI, Naeem Akhtar appointed
    director
  2. 2026-05-30
    NABI, Nasir appointed
    director
  3. 2026-05-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-05-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-05-27
    NABI, Lorraine Elizabeth resigned
    director
  6. 2026-05-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2026-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2026-03-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2026-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2026-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2026-02-26
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2026-01-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2025-11-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DRYGATE LARKHALL LIMITED
  17. 2023-08-01
    NABI, Riyad appointed
    director
  18. 2023-08-01
    NABI, Lorraine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2023-08-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-08-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-02-26: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Riyad Nabi
Individual · British · DOB 08/2001 · age 25
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Thorndale Manse Road
Stonehouse
Larkhall
ML9 3NX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

NABI, Naeem Akhtar
director · ~58y · appointed 2026-05-30
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Active
NABI, Nasir
director · ~54y · appointed 2026-05-30
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Active
NABI, Riyad
director · ~25y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Active
NABI, Lorraine Elizabeth
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-08-01 · resigned 2026-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-01