DUNEDIN TRANSPORT LIMITED
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £241.5k | £395.4k |
| Current assets | £183.8k | £393.8k |
| Cash | £129.8k | £232.2k |
| Debtors | £53.9k | £161.7k |
| Net assets | £241.5k | £395.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-02-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-02-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-02-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs DUNEDIN TRANSPORT LIMITED
- 2014-03-12➕MATHIESON, Adrian Ray appointeddirector
- 2014-03-12➕MATHIESON, Paul Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Andrew Mathieson Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Adrian Ray Mathieson Individual · British · DOB 07/1989 · age 37 | 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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