ICE DUNDEE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC629023 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2019-04-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees4400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ICE DUNDEE LIMITED
  10. 2019-04-30
    THOMSON, David Howard Eric appointed
    secretary
  11. 2019-04-30
    BRIGGS, Debra Alice appointed
    director
  12. 2019-04-30
    BRIGGS, Simon John appointed
    director
  13. 2019-04-30
    THOMSON, David Howard Eric appointed
    director
  14. 2019-04-30
    THOMSON, Pauline Marja appointed
    director
  15. 2019-04-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Howard Eric Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control30/04/2019
Mrs Pauline Marja Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control30/04/2019

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2019-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

22 Meadowside
Dundee
DD1 1LN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

THOMSON, David Howard Eric
secretary · appointed 2019-04-30
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Active
BRIGGS, Debra Alice
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-04-30
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Active
BRIGGS, Simon John
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-04-30
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Active
THOMSON, David Howard Eric
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-04-30
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Active
THOMSON, Pauline Marja
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-04-30
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-04-30