DUNCAN-PRYDE (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC067521 · ltd · incorporated 1979-04-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 45.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 45.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees29002800

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-01
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    CONNELLY, Ian appointed
    director
  6. 2022-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-07-10
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    NOBLE, Alan Balfour resigned
    director
  13. 2019-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-29
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    THOMSON, James Macdonald resigned
    secretary
  16. 2018-03-29
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    THOMSON, James Macdonald resigned
    director
  17. 2018-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-03-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2017-07-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2017-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2013-04-01
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    PURVIS, Craig Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    WIGHT, George appointed
    director
  24. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    NOBLE, Alan Balfour appointed
    director
  25. 2001-07-31
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    PRYDE, Ian Holden resigned
    director
  26. 1999-06-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  27. 1999-06-02
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    Charge satisfied #2
  28. 1999-05-06
    ➕
    PRYDE, Ian Holden appointed
    director
  29. 1999-05-05
    ➕
    PURVIS, Robert appointed
    director
  30. 1999-05-05
    ➖
    PRYDE, Ian Holden resigned
    secretary
  31. 1999-05-05
    ➕
    THOMSON, James Macdonald appointed
    secretary
  32. 1999-05-05
    ➖
    PRYDE, Elizabeth Bernard resigned
    director
  33. 1999-05-05
    ➖
    PRYDE, Ian Holden resigned
    director
  34. 1999-05-05
    ➕
    THOMSON, James Macdonald appointed
    director
  35. 1995-02-17
    ➖
    DUNCAN, Margaret resigned
    director
  36. 1995-02-17
    ➖
    DUNCAN, Robert Blackwood resigned
    director
  37. 1992-06-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  38. 1980-05-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  39. 1979-04-03
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNCAN-PRYDE (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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

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

Realm Construction Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Realm Construction Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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DUNCAN-PRYDE (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
This company · SC067521

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
Realm Construction Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1979-04-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

New Thistle House
The Avenue
Lochgelly
KY5 9HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

CONNELLY, Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURVIS, Craig Robert→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURVIS, Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WIGHT, George→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRYDE, Ian Holden→
secretary · resigned 1999-05-05
Resigned
THOMSON, James Macdonald→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-05 · resigned 2018-03-29
Resigned
DUNCAN, Margaret→
director · ~92y · resigned 1995-02-17
Resigned
DUNCAN, Robert Blackwood→
director · ~95y · resigned 1995-02-17
Resigned
NOBLE, Alan Balfour→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-04-01 · resigned 2019-07-10
Resigned
PRYDE, Elizabeth Bernard→
director · ~84y · resigned 1999-05-05
Resigned
PRYDE, Ian Holden→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-05-06 · resigned 2001-07-31
Resigned
PRYDE, Ian Holden→
director · ~87y · resigned 1999-05-05
Resigned
THOMSON, James Macdonald→
director · ~80y · appointed 1999-05-05 · resigned 2018-03-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property16/06/1999—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property17/06/199202/06/1999
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property26/05/198014/07/2017
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Recent filings (118 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-04-24