DALMARNOCK STORAGE LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC859726 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-20
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
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.

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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
    WILSON, John appointed
    director
  2. 2025-08-26
    NEIL, George Robertson resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-08-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-08-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-08-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-08-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DALMARNOCK STORAGE LTD
  8. 2025-08-20
    NEIL, George Robertson appointed
    director
  9. 2025-08-20
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    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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/08/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr George Robertson Neilceased 26/08/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2025-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

101 Carstairs Street
Glasgow
G40 4JQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last:

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WILSON, John
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-08-26
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Active
NEIL, George Robertson
director · ~63y · appointed 2025-08-20 · resigned 2025-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-20