EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC105815 · ltd · incorporated 1987-07-28
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
—
year to Sept 2024
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 29.6y

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 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

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
14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)
90
Directors & officers
36 officers (2 active, 36 linked, 30 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
188 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.

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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (108 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-09-30
    ➖
    CORNES, Gerry resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-19
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Stewart appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-19
    ➖
    MOODY, Vaughan Alastair resigned
    director
  11. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-04-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-03-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2019-03-26
    ➕
    LOW, Gordon Maclaren, Cllr appointed
    director
  20. 2019-03-26
    ➕
    MOODY, Vaughan Alastair appointed
    director
  21. 2019-03-19
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  22. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-05-04
    ➖
    GEEKIE, Rhondda resigned
    director
  24. 2017-05-04
    ➖
    MACKAY, Ian Neil resigned
    director
  25. 2011-06-30
    ➖
    THOMSON, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  26. 2011-06-30
    ➖
    THOMSON, Andrew resigned
    director
  27. 2011-06-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #14
  28. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #13
  29. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #12
  30. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #11
  31. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #10
  32. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #9
  33. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #8
  34. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #5
  35. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #4
  36. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #3
  37. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  38. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  39. 2011-04-15
    ➖
    QUINN, Jeremy resigned
    director
  40. 2011-04-08
    ➖
    STEGGLES, Susan resigned
    director
  41. 2010-06-09
    ➕
    MACKAY, Ian Neil appointed
    director
  42. 2010-06-09
    ➖
    MCQUADE, James Allan, Mr. resigned
    director
  43. 2009-02-19
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  44. 2009-02-19
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  45. 2008-11-07
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    BRUCE, Susan Margaret, Dame resigned
    director
  46. 2008-11-07
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    CORNES, Gerry appointed
    director
  47. 2008-01-15
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  48. 2006-12-11
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  49. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    QUINN, Jeremy appointed
    director
  50. 2006-08-31
    ➖
    SYME, Blair Grieve Wilson resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 108 events

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
East Dunbartonshire Council
Individual
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-07-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Titanium 1 Kings Inch Place
Renfrew
Glasgow
PA4 8WF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 34 resigned)

LOW, Gordon Maclaren, Cllr→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Stewart→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGLAS, Alan→
secretary · resigned 1989-09-28
Resigned
MCCAMLEY, Doreen Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1991-11-13 · resigned 2000-08-01
Resigned
PRESCOTT, George William→
secretary · resigned 1991-11-13
Resigned
THOMSON, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-05 · resigned 2011-06-30
Resigned
BRUCE, Susan Margaret, Dame→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-09-28 · resigned 2008-11-07
Resigned
COCHRANE, Andrew Smith→
director · ~79y · appointed 1989-10-19 · resigned 1992-05-19
Resigned
CORNES, Gerry→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-11-07 · resigned 2025-09-30
Resigned
COULTER, David→
director · ~75y · appointed 1991-04-15 · resigned 1994-06-01
Resigned
COYLE, Robert Marshall→
director · ~89y · appointed 1993-03-10 · resigned 1996-04-18
Resigned
DONAGHY, Mhairi Frances→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-04-05 · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
DOUGLAS, Alan→
director · resigned 1989-09-28
Resigned
ELDER, Derek Ian→
director · ~72y · appointed 1991-04-15 · resigned 1994-06-01
Resigned
FYFE, Andrew Craig Towart→
director · ~99y · appointed 1990-03-23 · resigned 1997-06-26
Resigned
GEEKIE, Rhondda→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2017-05-04
Resigned
HASTINGS, David Robert→
director · ~69y · appointed 1994-09-09 · resigned 1998-05-06
Resigned
HISEMAN, Richard Frank→
director · ~86y · appointed 1991-04-02 · resigned 1992-06-01
Resigned
KETTYLE, Andrew Richard→
director · ~65y · appointed 1989-09-28 · resigned 1990-08-31
Resigned
MACINNES, Donald John Finlay→
director · ~79y · resigned 1991-04-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

14
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:14 of 14 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property19/02/200908/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property19/02/200908/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security2 properties15/01/200808/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property11/12/200608/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property04/08/200608/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/10/200508/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property12/10/200508/06/2011
outstanding
Horizon Residential Developments
Horizon Residential Developments Limited
Standard security1 property12/10/2005—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Assignation of rents1 property20/09/2005—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/03/200408/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/10/200308/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property24/09/200108/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property07/09/200108/06/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property04/10/199608/06/2011
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Recent filings (188 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-06