DESIGNER KITCHEN & BATHROOM STUDIO (DUNDEE) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC215969 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£-15.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 24.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.2 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 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
69 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,087
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,628 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£15k
↓ 526% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-15.1k | £3.5k |
| Current assets | £53.8k | £52.7k |
| Net assets | £-15.1k | £3.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-04➕FENEMORE, Michael Antony appointeddirector
- 2023-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25➖FENEMORE, Sharlene resignedsecretary
- 2019-09-25📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-02-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2001-03-15➕FENEMORE, Antony John appointeddirector
- 2001-03-15➕FENEMORE, Sharlene appointedsecretary
- 2001-03-15➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-03-15➖JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs DESIGNER KITCHEN & BATHROOM STUDIO (DUNDEE) LIMITED
- 2001-02-20➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-02-20➕JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FENEMORE, Michael Antony (same surname) appointed 2023-12-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Antony John Fenemore Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Registered office
328a Clepington Road
Dundee
DD3 8RZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
FENEMORE, Antony John→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2001-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FENEMORE, Michael Antony→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FENEMORE, Sharlene→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-03-15 · resigned 2019-09-25
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2001-03-15
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2001-03-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 21/02/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24