DUNSMUIR (DEVELOPMENT & PROPERTY CONSULTANTS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC114118 · ltd · incorporated 1988-10-21
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
91 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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-20
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  3. 2023-09-04
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  4. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  5. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-11-27
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    BREWSTER, Alexander Kinloch resigned
    director
  9. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-27
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-04-07
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    BREWSTER, David Farquhar resigned
    director
  13. 2017-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-08-25
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    gazette · DISS40
  18. 1997-12-05
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    BREWSTER, Alexander Kinloch appointed
    director
  19. 1997-12-05
    ➕
    BREWSTER, David Farquhar appointed
    director
  20. 1996-10-15
    ➕
    MCALLISTER, John Brian appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-10-15
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Alan Andrew resigned
    secretary
  22. 1996-10-15
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    HENDERSON, Alan Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 1996-10-15
    ➖
    MCINTYRE, Robert Pearson resigned
    director
  24. 1988-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNSMUIR (DEVELOPMENT & PROPERTY CONSULTANTS) LIMITED
  25. 1988-10-21
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    MCALLISTER, John Brian appointed
    director
  26. 1988-10-21
    ➕
    YEOMAN, Murray Nunn appointed
    director
  27. 1988-10-21
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Alan Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 38 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 38 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
Mr John Brian Mcallister
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Murray Nunn Yeoman
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-10-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

Waterside Studios
Coltbridge Avenue
Roseburn
Edinburgh
EH12 6AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MCALLISTER, John Brian→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCALLISTER, John Brian→
director · ~66y · appointed 1988-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YEOMAN, Murray Nunn→
director · ~69y · appointed 1988-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDERSON, Alan Andrew→
secretary · resigned 1996-10-15
Resigned
BREWSTER, Alexander Kinloch→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-12-05 · resigned 2020-11-27
Resigned
BREWSTER, David Farquhar→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-12-05 · resigned 2018-04-07
Resigned
HENDERSON, Alan Andrew→
director · ~80y · appointed 1988-10-21 · resigned 1996-10-15
Resigned
MCINTYRE, Robert Pearson→
director · ~83y · resigned 1996-10-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-18