DUNDONNELL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC226018 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-05

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	—	100

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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2025-06-20
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2024-08-28
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2023-03-07
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2022-05-20
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2021-05-10
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2020-08-06
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2019-12-17
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2019-12-17
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2019-03-27
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2018-07-02
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2017-12-21
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2017-01-18
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2016-08-26
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2015-12-14
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2002-01-17
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R & R URQUHART appointed
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2002-01-17
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RICE, Timothy Miles Bindon, Sir appointed
director
2002-01-17
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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2002-01-17
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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2001-12-05
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Company incorporated
As DUNDONNELL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
2001-12-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-05
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice Individual · British · DOB 11/1944 · age 82	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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CHAPMAN OF INVERNESS LIMITED→ SC020899 · est 1939	—	—	—	400	87y	82	77y
LEGGATTS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED→ SC255061 · est 2003	—	—	£38.1k	—	22y	81	73y
ARGYLL TRUSTEES LIMITED→ SC382862 · est 2010	—	—	£1	—	15y	80	84y
BLACK DOG FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.→ SC265100 · est 2004	—	—	£61.1k	—	22y	80	71y
CAMPBELL & MCCONNACHIE LIMITED→ SC314177 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	80	63y
DALZIELS PRIVATE PERSONAL FINANCE LIMITED→ SC243222 · est 2003	—	—	£142.9k	—	23y	80	61y
ELMBRAE MORTGAGE & PENSIONS LTD.→ SC265582 · est 2004	—	—	£100.0k	—	22y	80	62y
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MACKENZIE TAYLOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD.→ SC313079 · est 2006	—	—	£107.3k	—	19y	80	64y
MUNRO & NOBLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED→ SC227417 · est 2002	—	—	—	0	24y	80	66y
NORTHWAY FINANCE LIMITED→ SC075393 · est 1981 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	44y	80	84y
SIR IAIN NOBLE & PARTNERS LIMITED→ SC208134 · est 2000	—	—	—	0	25y	80	67y

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-12-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

121 High Street

Forres

Moray

IV36 1AB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

R & R URQUHART→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-01-17

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Active

RICE, Timothy Miles Bindon, Sir→

director · ~82y · appointed 2002-01-17

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2002-01-17

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-05 · resigned 2002-01-17

Resigned

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