THE DUNDEE UNITED FOOTBALL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC013690 · ltd · incorporated 1925-06-03
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 72/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

19 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 34.2y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
19 charges (19/19 with lender, 19/19 with type)
90
Directors & officers
40 officers (3 active, 40 linked, 29 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
279 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £636,088

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Profit before tax£-636.1k£-2.80M
Average employees888800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (127 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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  3. 2024-06-27
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  4. 2024-03-01
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  5. 2023-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  7. 2022-12-31
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    DORWARD, David Keay resigned
    director
  8. 2022-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
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  12. 2019-03-14
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    Charge satisfied #6
  13. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-19
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  15. 2018-12-19
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  16. 2018-12-19
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  17. 2018-12-19
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  18. 2018-12-19
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  19. 2018-12-19
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    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-12-18
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    OGREN, Mark Joseph appointed
    director
  21. 2018-12-18
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    OGREN, Scott appointed
    director
  22. 2018-12-18
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    MARTIN, James Michael resigned
    director
  23. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #19
  24. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #18
  25. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #17
  26. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #16
  27. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #10
  28. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #9
  29. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #8
  30. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #7
  31. 2018-11-08
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    Charge satisfied #11
  32. 2018-06-18
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    MCFARLANE, Kevin resigned
    secretary
  33. 2018-03-02
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    THOMPSON, Stephen Edward resigned
    director
  34. 2017-12-15
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    FYFFE, James appointed
    director
  35. 2017-12-15
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    DORWARD, David Keay appointed
    director
  36. 2017-11-27
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    MCGRORY, David Alexander resigned
    director
  37. 2017-08-10
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    FRASER, Andrew Stewart resigned
    secretary
  38. 2017-08-10
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    MCFARLANE, Kevin appointed
    secretary
  39. 2017-05-08
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    Charge satisfied #15
  40. 2017-05-08
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    Charge satisfied #14
  41. 2017-05-08
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    Charge satisfied #13
  42. 2017-05-08
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    Charge satisfied #12
  43. 2017-04-08
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    Charge registered #15
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
  44. 2017-04-08
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
  45. 2017-04-08
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
  46. 2017-04-08
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
  47. 2017-04-07
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    Charge registered #19
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
  48. 2017-04-07
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    Charge registered #18
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
  49. 2017-04-07
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    Charge registered #17
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
  50. 2017-04-07
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    Charge registered #16
    Lender: Alastair Borthwick
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Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 101 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Opg-4 Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Opg-4 Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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THE DUNDEE UNITED FOOTBALL COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC013690

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Opg-4 Uk Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/12/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Fyffeceased 18/12/2018· 25-50% shares
  • Mr James Michael Martinceased 18/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Stephen Edward Thompsonceased 12/07/2018· 50-75% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1925-06-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Tannadice Park
Dundee
DD3 7JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (3 active · 37 resigned)

FYFFE, James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OGREN, Mark Joseph→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OGREN, Scott→
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Marion Liddle→
secretary · appointed 1989-11-13 · resigned 1990-09-28
Resigned
ANDERSON, Spence Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-15 · resigned 2014-05-02
Resigned
DIAMOND, Amelia Ann→
secretary · resigned 1989-11-13
Resigned
FRASER, Andrew Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-24 · resigned 2017-08-10
Resigned
HERALD, John Pearson→
secretary · appointed 1990-11-09 · resigned 1991-12-31
Resigned
MCFARLANE, Kevin→
secretary · appointed 2017-08-10 · resigned 2018-06-18
Resigned
TAYLOR, John Dick→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-02 · resigned 2014-09-12
Resigned
TRIVEDI, Priti→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-31 · resigned 2000-01-28
Resigned
PAGAN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-01-29 · resigned 2002-01-15
Resigned
BARRIE, James Walker→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-01-08 · resigned 2002-09-24
Resigned
BENNETT, John Madden→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-04-22 · resigned 2016-05-19
Resigned
BENNETT, John Madden→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-02-02 · resigned 2013-02-14
Resigned
BENNETT, John Madden→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-02-28 · resigned 2008-09-04
Resigned
CARNEGIE, James Derek Scott→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-01-08 · resigned 2007-01-01
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Anthony Beverley→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2001-12-13
Resigned
DORWARD, David Keay→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-12-15 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
FOX, George Frew→
director · ~113y · resigned 1993-12-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

19
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:19 of 19 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property08/04/201708/05/2017
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property08/04/201708/05/2017
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property08/04/201708/05/2017
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property08/04/201708/05/2017
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
Alastair Borthwick
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
Catherine Thompson
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
Catherine Thompson
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
Catherine Thompson
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
Catherine Thompson
A registered charge1 property07/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
David Mill Laing Hamilton
A registered charge1 property05/04/201708/11/2018
satisfied
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A registered charge1 property26/03/201514/03/2019
satisfied
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Recent filings (279 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14