DUNCAN PATTIE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC358885 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-29

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£38.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £38,571

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£39k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£55k

↑ 42% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-10-10	2024-10-10
Total assets	£41.5k	£34.7k
Current assets	£54.8k	£38.5k
Net assets	£38.6k	£31.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2024-11-08
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2023-12-22
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2022-12-16
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2022-01-10
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2021-01-05
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2020-01-24
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2018-11-30
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2017-11-10
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2016-11-02
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2016-05-11
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2015-12-02
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2015-05-06
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2014-11-25
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2014-05-02
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2014-03-12
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2009-04-29
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Company incorporated
As DUNCAN PATTIE LIMITED
2009-04-29
➕
WHITTON, Lorraine, Ms. appointed
secretary
2009-04-29
➕
PATTIE, Duncan Mckay appointed
director
2009-04-29
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-04-29
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-04-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-04-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATTIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Duncan Mckay Pattie Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Miss Lorraine Whitton Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-04-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

82 Grangehill Drive

Monifieth

Angus

DD5 4RS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-10

Last made up to: 2025-10-10

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13

Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WHITTON, Lorraine, Ms.→

secretary · appointed 2009-04-29

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Active

PATTIE, Duncan Mckay→

director · ~59y · appointed 2009-04-29

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-29 · resigned 2009-04-29

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-04-29 · resigned 2009-04-29

Resigned

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