DUNWAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC249848 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-21
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£145.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £145,240
Cash YoY
-19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£51k
↓ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£145k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£207k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£41k£83k£124k£166k£207kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£147.8k£141.1k
Current assets£207.4k£203.3k
Cash£51.0k£63.3k
Net assets£145.2k£128.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2017-08-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2017-08-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2010-02-26
    ➕
    MCNEE, Andrew William appointed
    director
  17. 2010-02-26
    ➖
    POOL, Danielle De Lauelle resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    POOL, Hazel Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    POOL, Danielle De Lauelle appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-29
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-05-29
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNWAY LIMITED
  23. 2003-05-21
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-05-21
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Hazel Margaret Pool
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/05/2024
Mr Andrew William Mcnee
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Unit 12 Bonnyside Road
Bonnybridge
Stirlingshire
FK4 2AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCNEE, Andrew William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POOL, Hazel Margaret→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POOL, Danielle De Lauelle→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2010-02-26
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-21 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-21 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19