GRATIS (DUNDEE) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC173992 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-02
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 28.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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
4 live charges · oldest 28.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.3 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 (76/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →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
- 2025-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-11-15➕COMERFORD, Elizabeth Anne appointeddirector
- 2016-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 1998-05-08🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1998-01-19🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1998-01-15🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1998-01-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1997-04-02🏢Company incorporatedAs GRATIS (DUNDEE) LIMITED
- 1997-04-02➕COMERFORD, Elizabeth Anne appointedsecretary
- 1997-04-02➕COMERFORD, Margaret Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 1997-04-02➕FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-04-02➖FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-04-02➕FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-04-02➖FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Elizabeth Anne Comerford Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 02/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Stannergate House
41 Dundee Road West
Broughtyferry
Dundee
DD5 1NB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
COMERFORD, Elizabeth Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 1997-04-02
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COMERFORD, Elizabeth Anne→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2016-11-15
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COMERFORD, Margaret Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 1997-04-02
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 1997-04-02
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-02 · resigned 1997-04-02
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 08/05/1998 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 19/01/1998 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 15/01/1998 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 12/01/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (77 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30