DB RIGGING AND ACCESS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC802722 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£127
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Scaffold erection
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 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
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £127

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£127
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£24.1k
Current assets£9.0k
Net assets£127

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-03-26
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  3. 2025-11-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DB RIGGING AND ACCESS LTD
  8. 2024-03-12
    BAIN, Donald appointed
    director
  9. 2024-03-12
    📄
    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 2.1 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald Bain
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/03/2024
Miss Adrianna Monika Dulka
Individual · Polish · DOB 04/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/02/2026

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
Incorporated2024-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

Northton Main Street
Urquhart
Elgin
IV30 8LG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BAIN, Donald
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-03-12
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Recent filings (10 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-12