DUNVALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC271982 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-13
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£10.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
- 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 21.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
74 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £10,032,104
Cash YoY
+14585%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.1m
↑ 14585% YoY
Net Worth
£10m
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£7.2m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £10.03M | £8.32M |
| Current assets | £7.23M | £6.41M |
| Cash | £1.11M | £7.6k |
| Debtors | £6.12M | £6.40M |
| Net assets | £10.03M | £8.30M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-01➖MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2020-05-01📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-04-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-02-08➕WHEATLEY, Euan Lewis appointeddirector
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-01-27📄capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figurecapital · SH19
- 2014-01-11🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2014-01-11🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2013-04-30➖BURNESS PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2013-04-30➕MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-12-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-12-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-11-30➕WHEATLEY, Douglas Gordon George appointeddirector
- 2004-11-30➖BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-08-13🏢Company incorporatedAs DUNVALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2004-08-13➕BURNESS PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-08-13➕BURNESS (DIRECTORS) 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
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 Douglas Gordon George Wheatley Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies
Registered office
Pavilion 1 Finnieston Business Park
Minerva Way
Glasgow
G3 8AU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
WHEATLEY, Douglas Gordon George→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2004-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHEATLEY, Euan Lewis→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2019-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURNESS PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2004-08-13 · resigned 2013-04-30
MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2013-04-30 · resigned 2020-05-01
BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-13 · resigned 2004-11-30
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Mortgage of shares | 1 property | 17/12/2004 | 11/01/2014 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 17/12/2004 | 11/01/2014 |
Recent filings (74 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
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2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-05-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-10-25