FIREPLACE DUNDEE LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC230840 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£502.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £502,817
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,738 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£503k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£552k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£110k£221k£331k£441k£552kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£502.8k£514.6k
Current assets£551.5k£550.6k
Net assets£502.8k£514.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-07-06
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  7. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-08-17
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  9. 2019-06-12
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  10. 2018-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-28
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  12. 2016-06-09
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-06-21
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    MCDONAGH, Charles resigned
    secretary
  18. 2002-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As FIREPLACE DUNDEE LTD.
  19. 2002-04-26
    ➕
    MCDONAGH, Timothy Francis appointed
    director
  20. 2002-04-26
    ➕
    MCDONAGH, Charles appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-04-26
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-04-26
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-04-26
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-04-26
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy Francis Mcdonagh
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

161 Albert Street
Dundee
DD4 6PX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MCDONAGH, Timothy Francis→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONAGH, Charles→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-26 · resigned 2011-06-21
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-26 · resigned 2002-04-26
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-26 · resigned 2002-04-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-12