DUNKELD BUILDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC361559 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-23
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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. 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 (78/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees151900

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-07-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-10-27
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    ANNETS, Richard resigned
    director
  6. 2023-10-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-04-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-04-28
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-04-08
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    ANNETS, Richard appointed
    director
  13. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2015-12-18
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    BELL, Derek resigned
    director
  20. 2009-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNKELD BUILDERS LIMITED
  21. 2009-06-23
    ➕
    DRYSDALE, Kevin appointed
    director
  22. 2009-06-23
    ➕
    BELL, Derek appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Drysdale
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Richard Annetsceased 27/10/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-06-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

Inver Yard Little Inver
Inver
Dunkeld
Perthshire
PH8 0JR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-07
Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

DRYSDALE, Kevin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-06-23
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Active
ANNETS, Richard→
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-04-08 · resigned 2023-10-27
Resigned
BELL, Derek→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-06-23 · resigned 2015-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17