DASH CLAIMS LTD

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SC813823 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
  • 82110Combined office administrative service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
77
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees2

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-06-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DASH CLAIMS LTD
  5. 2024-06-17
    AINSLIE, Douglas appointed
    director
  6. 2024-06-17
    HILLAN, Alexander appointed
    director
  7. 2024-06-17
    📄
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

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

Evidence: 2026-04-08: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2024-10-21: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Hillan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/06/2024
Mr Douglas Ainslie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

A P L Centre
Stevenston Industrial Estate
Stevenston
KA20 3LR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AINSLIE, Douglas
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-06-17
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Active
HILLAN, Alexander
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-06-17
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-17