DUNSDALEHAUGH HOLDINGS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC320576 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-05

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 18.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£6.1k

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

Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 18.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.9 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £6,134

Net assets shrinking

Down £10,494 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£6k

↓ 63% YoY

Current Assets

£888

↓ 89% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£9.5k	£20.0k
Current assets	£888	£7.8k
Net assets	£6.1k	£16.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-08-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2007-07-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2007-04-05
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Company incorporated
As DUNSDALEHAUGH HOLDINGS LTD.
2007-04-05
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SHEPHERD, Helen Cockburn appointed
secretary
2007-04-05
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MACKENZIE, Donald Ian appointed
director
2007-04-05
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SHEPHERD, Helen Cockburn appointed
director
2007-04-05
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-04-05
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-04-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-04-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Donald Ian Mackenzie Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/05/2016
Mrs Helen Cockburn Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated2007-04-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Riverside Mills

Dunsdalehaugh

Selkirk

TD7 5EF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-18

Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SHEPHERD, Helen Cockburn→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-05

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Active

MACKENZIE, Donald Ian→

director · ~57y · appointed 2007-04-05

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Active

SHEPHERD, Helen Cockburn→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-04-05

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-05 · resigned 2007-04-05

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-05 · resigned 2007-04-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Standard security	1 property	09/08/2007	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	10/07/2007	—

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