DUMFRIES ESTATE (BANKEND) LIMITED

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SC261879 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-14
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
73 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2021-12-28
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    SRG LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2018-11-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2018-11-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  15. 2018-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-07-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2018-07-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2018-07-03
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    AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2018-07-03
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    SRG LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-06-30
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    CRICHTON-STUART, Sophia Anne resigned
    director
  22. 2010-03-31
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    JENKINS, Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-31
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    BUTE, John Colum, Marquess resigned
    director
  24. 2007-11-26
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    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-11-26
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    AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-01-14
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    Company incorporated
    As DUMFRIES ESTATE (BANKEND) LIMITED
  27. 2004-01-14
    ➕
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-01-14
    ➕
    BUTE, John Colum, Marquess appointed
    director
  29. 2004-01-14
    ➕
    CRICHTON-STUART, Sophia Anne appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Dumfries Estate Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dumfries Estate Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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DUMFRIES ESTATE (BANKEND) LIMITED
This company · SC261879

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dumfries Estate Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting24/07/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Anthony Crichton-Stuartceased 30/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
  • Mr John Robertson Parkceased 30/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
  • Marquess John Colum Buteceased 30/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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
Incorporated2004-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

The Estate Office
Ulzieside
Sanquhar
Dumfriesshire
DG4 6LA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

JENKINS, Stephen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON STRATHERN WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2007-11-26
Resigned
AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-26 · resigned 2018-07-03
Resigned
SRG LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-07-03 · resigned 2021-12-28
Resigned
BUTE, John Colum, Marquess→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2010-03-31
Resigned
CRICHTON-STUART, Sophia Anne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-04