DUNEDIN PROPERTY INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).
Refinance opportunity
99 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 44.3y
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £29.1k | £743 |
| Current assets | £743 | £743 |
| Net assets | £29.1k | £29.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (233 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-04-05➖GIBSON, Scott resigneddirector
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-14🔓Charge satisfied #40
- 2007-10-11➖BLAIN, Andrew John resigneddirector
- 2006-08-25🔓Charge satisfied #112
- 2006-05-17➕BLAIN, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2003-09-15➖LOMAS, Ian Paul resigneddirector
- 2003-02-07🔓Charge satisfied #81
- 2002-01-31🔒Charge registered #112Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-11-28🔒Charge registered #111Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-06-01➕FULLERTON, Albert Smyth appointedsecretary
- 2001-06-01➕FULLERTON, Albert Smyth appointeddirector
- 2001-05-31➖BARRY, Roun Brendan resignedsecretary
- 2001-01-25🔓Charge satisfied #89
- 2001-01-25🔓Charge satisfied #59
- 2000-11-22🔓Charge satisfied #62
- 2000-11-22🔓Charge satisfied #55
- 2000-11-22🔓Charge satisfied #51
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #109
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #101
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #98
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #93
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #86
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #84
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #82
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #64
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #63
- 1999-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #53
- 1998-10-06🔒Charge registered #110Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1998-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #100
- 1998-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #92
- 1998-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #73
- 1998-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #50
- 1998-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #107
- 1998-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #74
- 1997-03-14🔓Charge satisfied #39
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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
1 med · 1 lowMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Roun Brendan Barry Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 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.
See pricing →Company details
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Officers (3 active · 29 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 2 properties | 31/01/2002 | 25/08/2006 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 28/11/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Irrevicable mandate | 1 property | 06/10/1998 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 19/05/1998 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 10/07/1998 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 10/07/1998 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 25/01/2001 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| part-satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 07/02/2003 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 19/05/1998 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 10/07/1998 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 22/11/2000 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 2 properties | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 25/01/2001 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 22/11/2000 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 05/02/1999 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 26/02/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 22/11/2000 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/1996 | 10/07/1998 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 31/05/1996 | 14/07/2016 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 23/10/1992 | 14/03/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 23/10/1992 | 26/02/1996 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 25/01/1991 | 14/03/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 30/08/1989 | 08/02/1995 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 30/05/1991 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 09/02/1996 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 14/03/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 14/03/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 09/02/1996 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 09/02/1996 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 14/03/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 14/03/1997 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 25/06/1990 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/08/1989 | 09/02/1996 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Mortgage by the company and robert john wotherspoon | 1 property | 24/11/1988 | 01/12/1989 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Letter of offset | 1 property | 01/05/1987 | 22/09/1992 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/05/1987 | 22/09/1992 | |
| part-satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/07/1984 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 20/10/1983 | 27/01/1987 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 27/06/1983 | 15/02/1996 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 19/04/1983 | 26/02/1996 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 10/02/1983 | 09/02/1996 | |
| satisfied | The Life Association of Scotland The Life Association of Scotland LTD | Standard security | 1 property | 21/10/1982 | 05/06/1987 | |
| satisfied | The Life Association of Scotland The Life Association of Scotland LTD | Standard security | 1 property | 17/09/1982 | 05/06/1987 | |
| satisfied | The Life Association of Scotland The Life Association of Scotland LTD | Standard security | 1 property | 10/08/1982 | 05/06/1987 | |
| satisfied | The Life Association of Scotland The Life Association of Scotland LTD | Debenture | 1 property | 05/08/1982 | 23/08/1988 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 02/02/1982 | 10/09/1982 |