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.
Why now
Window opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → under_pressure
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • ↓Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → under_pressure
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£170.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -79% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.1y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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
34 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £170,030
Cash draining
Cash down 79% YoY
Cash YoY
-79%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 79% YoY
Net Worth
£170k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£541k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£108k£216k£324k£433k£541kOct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£230.2k£147.5k£105.0k
Current assets£540.8k£356.0k£344.5k
Cash£3.8k£18.5k£7.5k
Debtors£199.0k£45.0k£47.4k
Net assets£170.0k£113.2k£71.8k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-06-13
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: 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
  5. 2024-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-21
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-14
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-09
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-18
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  12. 2017-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-16
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-09-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-09-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DUNMORE PROPERTY LIMITED
  18. 2010-09-13
    ➕
    MASON, George Jonathan Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2010-09-13
    ➕
    MASON, Neil Peter Buchanan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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
  • +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 candidate

Strong 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Peter Buchanan Mason
Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr George Jonathan Peter Mason
Individual · British · DOB 11/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-09-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

The Crofthouse
Backies
Golspie
Sutherland
KW10 6SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MASON, George Jonathan Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-09-13
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MASON, Neil Peter Buchanan→
director · ~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
TypeProperties
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 (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
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