DUNKELD RECORDS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC101310 · ltd · incorporated 1986-10-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 27.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£70.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 27.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £70,397
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£70k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£78k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £70.4k | £70.4k |
| Current assets | £77.9k | £77.9k |
| Debtors | £77.9k | £77.9k |
| Net assets | £70.4k | £70.4k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-06-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1999-07-06🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1999-07-06🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1999-07-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1999-05-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1986-10-14🏢Company incorporatedAs DUNKELD RECORDS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Douglas Menzies Maclean Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Jennifer Maclean Individual · Australian · DOB 11/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-10-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation
Registered office
The Old Schoolhouse
Butterstone
Dunkeld
PH8 0HA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 06/07/1999 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 06/07/1999 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 06/07/1999 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 03/05/1999 | 08/06/2021 |
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Recent filings (94 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-16