DUNEDIN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT & LEASING SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC552727 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£63.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 £63,761
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£64k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£26k£38k£51k£64kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£63.8k£56.3k
Cash£41.8k£48.3k
Net assets£63.8k£56.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2020-06-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  9. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As DUNEDIN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT & LEASING SERVICES LTD
  14. 2016-12-15
    ➕
    LAMBERT, John George appointed
    director
  15. 2016-12-15
    ➕
    LAMBERT, Michael appointed
    director
  16. 2016-12-15
    ➕
    LAMBERT, Susan Clarkson appointed
    director
  17. 2016-12-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John George Lambert
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2016
Mrs Susan Clarkson Lambert
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2016
Mr Michael Lambert
Individual · British · DOB 09/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/12/2016

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
Incorporated2016-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

First Floor, 5 Abercrombie Court Prospect Road
Arnhall Business Park
Westhill
AB32 6FE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LAMBERT, John George→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-12-15
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Active
LAMBERT, Michael→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-12-15
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Active
LAMBERT, Susan Clarkson→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-12-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/06/2020—
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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-16