STAR-DUNDEE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC230143 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26110

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

26511SIC 26511
58290Other software publishing
62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 9.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (7 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	26	2500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-02-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-08-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-15
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
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FERRER, Albert appointed
director
2025-04-01
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GONZALEZ VILLAFRANCA, Alberto resigned
director
2024-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-29
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GIBSON, David James appointed
director
2024-01-29
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MCCLEMENTS, Christopher Blair resigned
director
2023-11-28
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-27
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-16
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-25
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GOODALE, Josephine Mary appointed
director
2022-01-25
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PIKE, Timothy Kevin appointed
director
2022-01-25
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FERRER FLORIT, Albert, Dr resigned
director
2022-01-25
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GONZALEZ VILLAFRANCA, Alberto appointed
director
2022-01-17
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MCCLEMENTS, Christopher Blair appointed
director
2021-04-23
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SCOTT, Peter Francis Iain, Doctor resigned
director
2017-12-20
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FERRER FLORIT, Albert, Dr appointed
director
2017-12-20
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SCOTT, Peter Francis Iain, Doctor appointed
director
2017-08-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: University of Dundee
2017-07-19
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MILLS, Stuart James appointed
director
2017-07-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: University of Dundee
2017-05-09
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CARRIE, Carole appointed
secretary
2017-05-09
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MARTIN, Iain Michael resigned
secretary
2004-04-21
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MARTIN, Iain Michael appointed
secretary
2004-04-21
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-07-04
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PARKES, Stephen Maxwell appointed
director
2002-07-04
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D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-07-04
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D.W. DIRECTOR 2 LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-10
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Company incorporated
As STAR-DUNDEE LIMITED
2002-04-10
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-04-10
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D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-10
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D.W. DIRECTOR 2 LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Star-Dundee Employee Ownership Trust holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Star-Dundee Employee Ownership Trust

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control

majority

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STAR-DUNDEE LIMITED

This company · SC230143

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Star-Dundee Employee Ownership Trust Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	19/07/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Stephen Maxwell Parkesceased 19/07/2017· 50-75% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110

Registered office

Star House

166 Nethergate

Dundee

DD1 4EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10