DUNECHT GARAGE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC148143 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 17.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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  2. 2025-04-15
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  3. 2024-11-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-27
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  5. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2023-03-21
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  7. 2022-04-04
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  8. 2021-08-24
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  9. 2020-08-11
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  10. 2020-03-17
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  11. 2020-03-16
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    GAULD, Ian Stewart appointed
    director
  12. 2019-08-14
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  13. 2018-08-10
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  14. 2017-06-19
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  15. 2017-02-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2017-02-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2017-02-09
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    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2017-02-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2009-02-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  20. 2009-02-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  21. 1995-06-12
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    GAULD, Morag Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 1995-06-12
    ➖
    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1993-12-30
    ➕
    GAULD, William appointed
    director
  24. 1993-12-24
    ➕
    GAULD, Morag Anne appointed
    director
  25. 1993-12-24
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    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNECHT GARAGE LTD.
  27. 1993-12-21
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1993-12-21
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1993-12-21
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  30. 1993-12-21
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Gauld
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Ian Stewart Gauld
Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Morag Anne Gauld
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
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
Incorporated1993-12-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Dunecht
Westhill
Aberdeenshire
AB32 7AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GAULD, Morag Anne→
secretary · appointed 1995-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAULD, Ian Stewart→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAULD, Morag Anne→
director · ~71y · appointed 1993-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAULD, William→
director · ~71y · appointed 1993-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-21 · resigned 1993-12-21
Resigned
PETERKINS, SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-24 · resigned 1995-06-12
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1993-12-21 · resigned 1993-12-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property12/02/200917/02/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/02/200909/02/2017

Recent filings (91 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-11