DURBADEEN HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC791723 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£429
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £429

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£429
Current Assets
£959
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£429
Current assets£959
Net assets£429

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
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 4 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-12-09
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-11-11
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-12-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-12-20
    FINLAYSON, Kristy Helen resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-12-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DURBADEEN HOLDINGS LIMITED
  10. 2023-12-07
    LIEBERUM, Ronald Michael, Mr. appointed
    director
  11. 2023-12-07
    FINLAYSON, Kristy Helen appointed
    director
  12. 2023-12-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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. Ronald Michael Lieberum
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/12/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Kristy Helen Finlaysonceased 10/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-12-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

48 Kirkfield East
Livingston Village
Livingston
EH54 7BB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LIEBERUM, Ronald Michael, Mr.
director · ~70y · appointed 2023-12-07
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Active
FINLAYSON, Kristy Helen
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-12-07 · resigned 2024-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-07