GOOD NEWS (DUNFERMLINE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC168501 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-24
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£126.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 29.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £126,637

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£127k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£99k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£25k£51k£76k£101k£127kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£126.6k£125.7k
Current assets£98.6k£82.0k
Net assets£126.6k£125.7k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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  2. 2025-03-17
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  3. 2024-04-09
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  4. 2023-04-26
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  7. 2022-05-11
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  8. 2021-05-05
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  9. 2020-04-03
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  10. 2019-05-22
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  11. 2018-05-24
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  12. 2017-03-22
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  13. 2016-02-29
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  14. 2015-10-05
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  15. 1996-12-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  16. 1996-11-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  17. 1996-09-25
    ➕
    RAMZAN, Mohammed appointed
    secretary
  18. 1996-09-25
    ➕
    RAMZAN, Mohammed appointed
    director
  19. 1996-09-25
    ➕
    RAMZAN, Naseem appointed
    director
  20. 1996-09-25
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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  21. 1996-09-25
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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  22. 1996-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As GOOD NEWS (DUNFERMLINE) LIMITED
  23. 1996-09-24
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-09-24
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Mohammed Ramzan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Naseem Ramzan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1996-09-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

98-104 Park Road
Rosyth
Fife
KY11 2JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RAMZAN, Mohammed→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-25
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Active
RAMZAN, Mohammed→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-09-25
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Active
RAMZAN, Naseem→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-09-25
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-24 · resigned 1996-09-25
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-09-24 · resigned 1996-09-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property04/12/1996—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property25/11/1996—
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Recent filings (77 total)

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2025-09-22
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2025-03-17
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2024-09-26
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2024-04-09
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2023-09-21
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2023-04-26
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2022-09-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-16
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accounts · AA
2022-05-11
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2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2021-05-05
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2020-09-10
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