DB SCOT LIMITED
Company number SC153358 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
DB Scot Limited (formerly Dick Brothers Limited) was a mid-tier Scottish forestry asset-holding entity that underwent complete de-capitalisation between 2018-2019, with net assets collapsing from £6.76M to £49K through the disposal of £13.4M in tangible fixed assets and settlement of all creditor obligations. Rather than representing business failure, this trajectory reflects a deliberate intra-group restructuring, with operational assets and activities transferred to Hilltop Maintenance Limited (a related party under common Dick family control). The company's zero-employee structure and reliance on related-party fee income indicate it had already ceased to be a competitive market participant prior to formal dissolution, representing the sector's broader pattern of family-owned forestry businesses rationalising operations through group reorganisation.
Shareholders' funds
£49,061
Balance sheet as at 2019-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-09-30
- Dissolved
- 2026-08-12
- Registered office
- 2 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6LU
- Postcode
- G2 6LU
- Capital
- 300 GBP
- Accounts category
- Unaudited Abridged
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2019-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2020-09-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 2200 Logging
Officers 2 current · 8 resigned
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DICK BROTHERS LIMITED | 2020-11-11 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SUITE 8, DUNDEE ONE, RIVER COURT WEST VICTORIA DOCK ROAD, DUNDEE, DD1 3JT | 2017-10-13 |
| REVELS & CO LADHOPE VALE HOUSE, LADHOPE VALE, GALASHIELS, SELKIRKSHIRE, TD1 1BT | 2014-08-21 |
| C/O FERGUSON MACSWEEN & STEWART, BRIDGE ROAD, PORTREE, ISLE OF SKYE IV51 9ER | 2007-09-20 |
| 9 BANK STREET, GALASHIELSK, TD1 1EN | 1997-02-20 |
| 24 GREAT KING STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 6QN | 1994-10-03 |
The class of 1994
47%
of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.