DUNDEE SURVIVAL GROUP CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC096374 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1985-12-12

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

50 officers (7 active, 50 linked, 40 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

187 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (105 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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officers · TM01
2026-03-01
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DOBSON, Ian resigned
director
2025-12-31
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accounts · AA
2025-01-15
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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officers · AP01
2021-05-04
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MACKIE, Celeste Annette appointed
director
2021-01-15
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accounts · AA
2019-12-13
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accounts · AA
2018-12-27
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accounts · AA
2018-03-22
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officers · AP01
2018-03-22
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2017-11-07
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officers · TM01
2017-11-07
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officers · TM01
2017-11-03
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accounts · AA
2017-10-31
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MANNING, Alan appointed
director
2017-10-31
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TURNER, Philip appointed
director
2017-10-31
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SAUM, Andrew resigned
director
2017-10-31
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WILSON, Angela Betsy Jane resigned
director
2016-12-14
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LYNN, Kenneth Hendry appointed
director
2016-12-14
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MCAULAY, John Stewart resigned
director
2016-12-14
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WILSON, Angela Betsy Jane appointed
director
2016-02-29
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LAING, Margaret appointed
secretary
2015-12-08
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MARTIN, Elizabeth Anne resigned
director
2015-10-19
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DOBSON, Ian appointed
director
2015-09-02
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MITCHELL, Audrey resigned
director
2014-12-22
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GORMLEY, Jackie resigned
secretary
2014-06-18
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TAYLOR, Isabel resigned
director
2013-04-23
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SAUM, Andrew appointed
director
2012-05-07
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GABRIEL, Ronald resigned
director
2011-11-28
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GORMLEY, Jackie appointed
secretary
2011-11-16
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CALDER-MCNICOLL, Alan appointed
director
2011-11-16
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TAYLOR, Margaret Forbes Ross, Councillor resigned
secretary
2011-11-11
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DOUGLAS-WELSH, Carrol resigned
director
2011-11-01
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GUDMUNSEN, Morag resigned
director
2011-09-07
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FINDLAY, Laura resigned
director
2011-06-01
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DONALDSON, Irene resigned
director
2010-11-03
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SCOTT, Isabel Mackenzie resigned
director
2010-08-30
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DOWDLES, Michelle resigned
director
2010-07-07
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DOWDLES, Michelle appointed
director
2010-07-05
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GABRIEL, Ronald appointed
director
2010-07-05
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MITCHELL, Audrey appointed
director
2010-06-02
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DONALDSON, Irene appointed
director
2010-06-02
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DOUGLAS-WELSH, Carrol appointed
director
2010-06-02
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FINDLAY, Laura appointed
director
2010-04-07
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MCKENNA, Peter resigned
director
2008-06-04
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MAICH, Alan George appointed
director
2008-06-04
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MARTIN, Elizabeth Anne appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1985-12-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

100 Foundry Lane

Dundee

Angus

DD4 6AY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-22

Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (7 active · 43 resigned)

LAING, Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2016-02-29

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Active

CALDER-MCNICOLL, Alan→

director · ~78y · appointed 2011-11-16

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Active

LYNN, Kenneth Hendry→

director · ~64y · appointed 2016-12-14

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Active

MACKIE, Celeste Annette→

director · ~67y · appointed 2021-05-04

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Active

MAICH, Alan George→

director · ~74y · appointed 2008-06-04

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Active

MANNING, Alan→

director · ~61y · appointed 2017-10-31

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Active

TURNER, Philip→

director · ~82y · appointed 2017-10-31

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Active

DYE, William→

secretary · resigned 1991-01-23

Resigned

GORMLEY, Jackie→

secretary · appointed 2011-11-28 · resigned 2014-12-22

Resigned

HENDERSON, John→

secretary · appointed 1994-03-22 · resigned 1995-04-27

Resigned

MCGINLEY, Alison Louise→

secretary · appointed 1992-02-28 · resigned 1994-03-22

Resigned

ROY, Paul→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-25 · resigned 2002-04-25

Resigned

TAYLOR, Margaret Forbes Ross, Councillor→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-12 · resigned 2011-11-16

Resigned

THOMAS, David Noel→

secretary · appointed 1995-04-01 · resigned 1997-01-29

Resigned

ANDERSON, Robert→

director · resigned 1990-10-26

Resigned

ANDERSON, Thomas Wilson→

director · ~71y · appointed 1995-03-22 · resigned 2000-11-01

Resigned

BOWSER, Phyllida Margaret Mary→

director · ~89y · resigned 1989-08-07

Resigned

BRAITHWAITE, David Allan→

director · ~53y · appointed 1997-09-10 · resigned 1998-05-22

Resigned

CARSON, Ingrid→

director · ~52y · appointed 2003-08-13 · resigned 2004-07-15

Resigned

CLARIDGE, Frances Helen→

director · ~80y · appointed 1999-06-02 · resigned 2002-03-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (187 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-18

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officers · TM01

2026-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-12-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-01-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-01-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-12-29

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officers · AP01

2021-11-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2021-01-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-03-18