DUTA S A LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC823569 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-23
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43341Painting
  • 81210General cleaning of buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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 (69/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
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.

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
Metric2025-09-30
Average employees200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DUTA S A LTD
  3. 2024-09-23
    DUTA, Alina appointed
    director
  4. 2024-09-23
    DUTA, Stefan Nicolae appointed
    director
  5. 2024-09-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DUTA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.6 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stefan Nicolae Duta
Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/09/2024
Mrs Alina Duta
Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/09/2024

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
Incorporated2024-09-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

28 Mossend Crescent
West Calder
EH55 8RY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DUTA, Alina
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-09-23
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Active
DUTA, Stefan Nicolae
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-09-23
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-09-23