DUNMORE PROPERTY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC385260 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£113.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £113,163
Cash YoY
+148%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£18k
↑ 148% YoY
Net Worth
£113k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Assets
£356k
↑ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £147.5k | £105.0k |
| Current assets | £356.0k | £344.5k |
| Cash | £18.5k | £7.5k |
| Debtors | £45.0k | £47.4k |
| Net assets | £113.2k | £71.8k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Shinness Estate, a Partnership with Christopher George Alvan Fletcher, Ruth Celia Fletcher, Patrick John Paul Fletcher, Clovis George Robert Fletcher and Claire Frances Fletcher Acting Together as Partners
- 2024-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs DUNMORE PROPERTY LIMITED
- 2010-09-13➕MASON, George Jonathan Peter appointeddirector
- 2010-09-13➕MASON, Neil Peter Buchanan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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 Neil Peter Buchanan Mason Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr George Jonathan Peter Mason Individual · British · DOB 11/1952 · age 74 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-09-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
The Crofthouse
Backies
Golspie
Sutherland
KW10 6SE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MASON, George Jonathan Peter→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2010-09-13
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MASON, Neil Peter Buchanan→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2010-09-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Shinness Estate, a Partnership with Christopher George Alvan Fletcher, Ruth Celia Fletcher, Patrick John Paul Fletcher, Clovis George Robert Fletcher and Claire Frances Fletcher Acting Together as Partners | A registered charge | — | 01/06/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-30