DUNDONNELL ESTATES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC184418 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-01
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees400400

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2020-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-09-01
    ➕
    RICE, Eva Jane Florence appointed
    director
  17. 1998-06-09
    ➕
    RICE, Jane Artereta, Lady appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-06-09
    ➕
    RICE, Donald Alexander Hugh appointed
    director
  19. 1998-06-09
    ➕
    RICE, Jane Artereta, Lady appointed
    director
  20. 1998-06-09
    ➕
    RICE, Timothy Miles Bindon, Sir appointed
    director
  21. 1998-06-09
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-06-09
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1998-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNDONNELL ESTATES LTD.
  24. 1998-04-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-04-01
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
Individual · British · DOB 11/1944 · age 82
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated1998-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

The Estate Office
Dundonnell House, Dundonnell
By Garve
Wester Ross
IV23 2QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

RICE, Jane Artereta, Lady→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICE, Donald Alexander Hugh→
director · ~49y · appointed 1998-06-09
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Active
RICE, Eva Jane Florence→
director · ~51y · appointed 1998-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICE, Jane Artereta, Lady→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICE, Timothy Miles Bindon, Sir→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 1998-06-09
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 1998-06-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-09