JOHN K. DUNLOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC040422 · ltd · incorporated 1964-05-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 61.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£635.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01450
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 61.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 61.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £635,794
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£272k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Net Worth
£636k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£352k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£127k£254k£381k£509k£636kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£635.8k£570.0k
Current assets£351.6k£352.3k
Cash£271.9k£286.1k
Debtors£79.6k£66.2k
Net assets£635.8k£570.0k

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
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-13
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-11-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-11-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-11-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-11-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2022-06-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-02-22
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    DUNLOP, William Logan resigned
    director
  19. 2011-08-23
    ➕
    DUNLOP, Pamela appointed
    director
  20. 2011-08-23
    ➕
    MCKINLEY, Shona appointed
    director
  21. 1988-03-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1964-07-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1964-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN K. DUNLOP LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DUNLOP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Ms Pamela Dunlop
Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/12/2024
Mrs Shona Mckinley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/12/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Vera Dunlopceased 16/12/2024· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated1964-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

Glengennet
Farm
Girvan
Ayrshire
KA26 9TY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

DUNLOP, Vera→
secretary
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Active
DUNLOP, Pamela→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-08-23
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Active
DUNLOP, Vera→
director · ~80y
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Active
MCKINLEY, Shona→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-08-23
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Active
DUNLOP, William Logan→
director · ~81y · resigned 2015-02-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property31/03/198807/06/2022
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Disposition en facie absolute and relative minute of agreement1 property22/07/1964—
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Recent filings (104 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-11-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14