DUNOON RADIO LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC312477 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-11-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Radio broadcasting
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-03-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2014-03-10
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    FERGUSSON, Archibald appointed
    director
  17. 2014-01-01
    ➖
    WOOD, Anthony John resigned
    director
  18. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    PELLICCI, Marco Antonio appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-03
    ➖
    STEVELY, Douglas resigned
    secretary
  20. 2011-02-03
    ➖
    STEVELY, Douglas resigned
    director
  21. 2009-12-31
    ➕
    GARNHAM, Fiona Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-06
    ➖
    DARROCH, George resigned
    director
  23. 2007-04-19
    ➕
    THOMAS, Victor John appointed
    director
  24. 2007-04-19
    ➕
    WOOD, Anthony John appointed
    director
  25. 2006-11-24
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNOON RADIO LTD
  26. 2006-11-24
    ➕
    STEVELY, Douglas appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-11-24
    ➕
    DARROCH, George appointed
    director
  28. 2006-11-24
    ➕
    STEVELY, Douglas appointed
    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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2006-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

Argyll Business Centre
204 Argyll Street
Dunoon
Argyll
PA23 7HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

FERGUSSON, Archibald→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-03-10
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Active
GARNHAM, Fiona Mary→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-12-31
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Active
PELLICCI, Marco Antonio→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
THOMAS, Victor John→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVELY, Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-24 · resigned 2011-02-03
Resigned
DARROCH, George→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-11-24 · resigned 2009-10-06
Resigned
STEVELY, Douglas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-11-24 · resigned 2011-02-03
Resigned
WOOD, Anthony John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2007-04-19 · resigned 2014-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-18