DUNKELD CARE LTD
- · Lifecycle stage: established → zombie
- · Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
- · Opportunity score: 77 → 68
- · Hygiene score: 90 → 80
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "zombie"
Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 0 positive.
- ↓Lifecycle stage: established → zombie
- ·Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
- ↓Opportunity score: 77 → 68
- ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 80
- ↓PSC count: 6 → 0
Picture worsened over the last 90 days — 4 negative signals vs 0 positive.
- ↓Lifecycle stage: established → zombie
- ·Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
- ↓Opportunity score: 77 → 68
- ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 80
- ↓PSC count: 6 → 0
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Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (47/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 5100 | 4800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals 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 →Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
- 2017-07-26🏢Company incorporatedAs DUNKELD CARE LTD
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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