DUNDAS TRAINING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC301194 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 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
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,325
Cash YoY
+282%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↑ 282% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£8.3k£6.7k
Current assets£12.0k£6.9k
Cash£12.0k£3.1k
Debtors—£3.8k
Net assets£8.3k£6.7k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-13
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  3. 2023-05-23
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  4. 2022-07-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2022-07-12
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    LINDSAY, Murray Kerr appointed
    director
  6. 2022-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-01
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  8. 2020-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2019-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-04-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-04-16
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2018-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-07-20
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-04-25
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    LINDSAY, Murray Kerr appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-25
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    LINDSAY, Susan appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-25
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-04-25
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2006-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNDAS TRAINING LTD
  23. 2006-04-24
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-04-24
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mr Murray Kerr Lindsay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2019
Mrs Susan Lindsay
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/04/2017

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
Incorporated2006-04-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Account Tax Ltd
Traill Drive
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LINDSAY, Murray Kerr→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-25
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Active
LINDSAY, Murray Kerr→
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-07-12
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Active
LINDSAY, Susan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-25
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-24 · resigned 2006-04-25
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-24 · resigned 2006-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-24