DUNDEE CAKE COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC048485 · ltd · incorporated 1900-01-01
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
124 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
    ➕
    RAINEY, Janette Tracy appointed
    secretary
  2. 2025-11-18
    ➖
    DON, Aileen Anne resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-11-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-11-18
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-11
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2025-02-11
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-10
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2019-07-10
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2019-07-01
    ➕
    DON, Aileen Anne appointed
    secretary
  16. 2019-06-30
    ➖
    ROSS, Laura Margaret resigned
    secretary
  17. 2019-06-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-06-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-06-07
    ➕
    GOODFELLOW, Martin Nicholas appointed
    director
  21. 2018-03-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  22. 2018-03-07
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  23. 2011-04-12
    ➖
    GOODFELLOW, Alister David Inglis resigned
    director
  24. 2007-05-18
    ➖
    GOODFELLOW, Ronald Steven Inglis resigned
    secretary
  25. 2007-05-18
    ➕
    ROSS, Laura Margaret appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-09-27
    ➖
    WEEDEN, Kenneth Maxwell resigned
    director
  27. 2001-03-31
    ➖
    SHARP, Neil Muir resigned
    director
  28. 1999-03-31
    ➕
    WEEDEN, Kenneth Maxwell appointed
    director
  29. 1995-10-14
    ➖
    GOODFELLOW, David resigned
    director
  30. 1995-04-07
    ➕
    SHARP, Neil Muir appointed
    director
  31. 1900-01-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DUNDEE CAKE COMPANY LTD

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Goodfellow & Steven Trading Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Goodfellow & Steven Trading Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
DUNDEE CAKE COMPANY LTD
This company · SC048485

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
Goodfellow & Steven Trading Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/01/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Goodfellow & Steven Group Ltdceased 30/01/2025· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Martin Nicholas Goodfellowceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1900-01-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

81 Gray Street
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 2BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

RAINEY, Janette Tracy→
secretary · appointed 2025-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODFELLOW, Martin Nicholas→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODFELLOW, Ronald Steven Inglis→
director · ~81y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DON, Aileen Anne→
secretary · appointed 2019-07-01 · resigned 2025-11-18
Resigned
GOODFELLOW, Ronald Steven Inglis→
secretary · resigned 2007-05-18
Resigned
ROSS, Laura Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2019-06-30
Resigned
GOODFELLOW, Alister David Inglis→
director · ~89y · resigned 2011-04-12
Resigned
GOODFELLOW, David→
director · ~96y · resigned 1995-10-14
Resigned
SHARP, Neil Muir→
director · ~92y · appointed 1995-04-07 · resigned 2001-03-31
Resigned
WEEDEN, Kenneth Maxwell→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-03-31 · resigned 2006-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (124 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-18
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-02-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-25