THE OLD MILL COMPANY (DUNDEE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC250344 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-30
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£16.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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
Property-backed borrower with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 22.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 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 (79/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,399
Net assets shrinking
Down £938 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£14k£17kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£72.6k£73.6k
Current assets£11.8k£10.1k
Net assets£16.4k£17.3k

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
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
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  6. 2025-01-28
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  8. 2023-01-29
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  9. 2022-01-28
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  10. 2021-04-12
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  11. 2020-01-09
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  12. 2018-12-18
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  13. 2018-01-04
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  15. 2016-08-19
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    address · AD01
  16. 2010-05-15
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    MACDONALD, Nikki appointed
    director
  17. 2010-05-15
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    PALADINI, Lawrence resigned
    director
  18. 2006-08-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Skipton Building Society
  19. 2005-11-01
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    BREBNER, Calum appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-10-10
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    MACDONALD, Nicola May resigned
    director
  21. 2005-10-04
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    MACDONALD, Nicola May resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-08-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Skipton Building Society
  23. 2004-04-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Skipton Building Society
  24. 2004-04-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Skipton Building Society
  25. 2004-03-01
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    BREBNER, Calum Ian appointed
    director
  26. 2004-03-01
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    MACDONALD, Nicola May appointed
    director
  27. 2003-05-30
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    Company incorporated
    As THE OLD MILL COMPANY (DUNDEE) LIMITED
  28. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Nicola May appointed
    secretary
  29. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    PALADINI, Lawrence appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Calum Ian Brebner
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/05/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2003-05-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

11 Inn Street
Tayport
DD6 9AZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BREBNER, Calum→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-01
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Active
BREBNER, Calum Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-03-01
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Active
MACDONALD, Nikki→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-05-15
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Active
MACDONALD, Nicola May→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2005-10-04
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned
MACDONALD, Nicola May→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2005-10-10
Resigned
PALADINI, Lawrence→
director · ~96y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2010-05-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Skipton Building Society
Standard security1 property16/08/2006—
outstanding
Skipton Building Society
Standard security1 property17/08/2005—
outstanding
Skipton Building Society
Standard security1 property30/04/2004—
outstanding
Skipton Building Society
Standard security1 property20/04/2004—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-12