DUNELAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC174358 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-11
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 85
  • · Opportunity score: 74 → 83
  • · Bankability: 75 → 85
  • · Refinance opportunity: ready → clean_up_first
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Opportunity score: 74 → 83
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 85
  • ↑Bankability: 75 → 85
  • ·Refinance opportunity: ready → clean_up_first
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 91040Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserve activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
36 officers (4 active, 36 linked, 30 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
179 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-05
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    SMITH, Eian Edward Monro resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-10-14
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    TALBOTT, John Lewis appointed
    director
  6. 2025-07-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2025-07-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-12-19
    ➖
    GLYNN, Rita resigned
    director
  11. 2024-08-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-08-15
    ➖
    FULTON, Caroline Elizabeth resigned
    director
  13. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-10-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-08-09
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    FULTON, Caroline Elizabeth appointed
    director
  17. 2022-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-06-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2021-06-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-03-09
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    FRANCO, Vera Luisia David Leal resigned
    director
  21. 2021-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-12-08
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    DABONI, Alessandro Giorgio Maria appointed
    director
  23. 2020-02-28
    ➖
    LOWE, John Chorlton resigned
    secretary
  24. 2020-02-28
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  25. 2019-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2019-11-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  27. 2019-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  28. 2019-09-03
    ➖
    CHUTER, Jonathan Harvey resigned
    director
  29. 2019-08-26
    ➖
    SHOHET, Samuel Aaron resigned
    director
  30. 2019-03-22
    ➖
    BUCK, John Alexander resigned
    director
  31. 2019-02-15
    ➕
    FRANCO, Vera Luisia David Leal appointed
    director
  32. 2019-02-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 2018-09-27
    ➕
    CADDY, Jason Winston appointed
    director
  34. 2018-09-27
    ➕
    CHUTER, Jonathan Harvey appointed
    director
  35. 2018-06-29
    ➕
    GLYNN, Rita appointed
    director
  36. 2018-04-11
    ➖
    GORDON, John Stewart resigned
    director
  37. 2018-03-05
    ➖
    WILMOT, Joan resigned
    director
  38. 2018-02-20
    ➖
    NEALL, Stephen resigned
    director
  39. 2017-07-03
    ➕
    SHOHET, Samuel Aaron appointed
    director
  40. 2016-05-11
    ➖
    FORSYTH, Lori resigned
    director
  41. 2016-05-11
    ➖
    WALLACE, Bruce Alexander resigned
    director
  42. 2015-05-08
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Lori appointed
    director
  43. 2015-05-08
    ➕
    NEALL, Stephen appointed
    director
  44. 2015-05-08
    ➕
    WALLACE, Bruce Alexander appointed
    director
  45. 2014-10-31
    ➕
    BUCK, John Alexander appointed
    director
  46. 2014-10-31
    ➖
    FELLNER FEATHERSTONE, Cornelia Juliane, Dr resigned
    director
  47. 2014-10-31
    ➕
    GORDON, John Stewart appointed
    director
  48. 2014-04-17
    ➖
    MCFARLANE-SLACK, Andrew Rhodes resigned
    director
  49. 2013-12-12
    ➖
    CADDY, Jonathan resigned
    director
  50. 2012-06-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Eian Edward Monro appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 89 events

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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.)
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Findhorn Hive 567 West Whins
The Park, Findhorn
Forres
Moray
IV36 3SH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (4 active · 32 resigned)

CADDY, Jason Winston→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DABONI, Alessandro Giorgio Maria→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TALBOTT, John Lewis→
director · ~74y · appointed 2025-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Alexander Lindsay→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAYLIS, John→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-11 · resigned 1997-05-21
Resigned
BISCHOFF, Elizabeth Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2003-08-20
Resigned
LOWE, John Chorlton→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-04 · resigned 2020-02-28
Resigned
OGILVIE RICHARDS, Catherine Jane→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-26 · resigned 2000-02-29
Resigned
PORTE, Martha→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-20 · resigned 2004-05-04
Resigned
TALBOTT, John Lewis→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-21 · resigned 1997-06-26
Resigned
BUCK, John Alexander→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-10-31 · resigned 2019-03-22
Resigned
CADDY, Jonathan→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-04-11 · resigned 2013-12-12
Resigned
CHUTER, Jonathan Harvey→
director · ~77y · appointed 2018-09-27 · resigned 2019-09-03
Resigned
COLWILL, Geoffrey Stephen→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-01-09 · resigned 2010-03-31
Resigned
FELLNER FEATHERSTONE, Cornelia Juliane, Dr→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2014-10-31
Resigned
FINDLAY, James Carmichael Leslie→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2006-05-16
Resigned
FORSYTH, Lori→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-05-08 · resigned 2016-05-11
Resigned
FRANCO, Vera Luisia David Leal→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-02-15 · resigned 2021-03-09
Resigned
FUCHS, Ben→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-07-03 · resigned 2011-06-20
Resigned
FULTON, Caroline Elizabeth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2022-08-09 · resigned 2024-08-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—12/02/201923/07/2025

Recent filings (179 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17