DRUMSLEED BURGER CO. LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC806271 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-09
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DRUMSLEED BURGER CO. LTD
  3. 2024-04-09
    ROBERTSON, Philip John appointed
    director
  4. 2024-04-09
    ROBERTSON, Samantha appointed
    director
  5. 2024-04-09
    SMITH, Douglas William appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas William Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2024
Mr Philip John Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2024
Mrs Samantha Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

Scolty House
Strachan
Banchory
AB31 6NL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Philip John
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-09
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Active
ROBERTSON, Samantha
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-04-09
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Active
SMITH, Douglas William
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-04-09
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-09