DUNBLANE SQUARE LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC774097 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2023-06-28
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £-23.0k |
| Cash | — | £5.3k |
| Net assets | — | £-23.0k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-13📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-11-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-18➖GRAY, Ailsa Mary resigneddirector
- 2024-10-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-29➕KHAN, Javed appointeddirector
- 2023-10-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-04➕SMILEY, Anita Elita appointeddirector
- 2023-10-04➕GRAY, Ailsa Mary appointeddirector
- 2023-09-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-09-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-09-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-28🏢Company incorporatedAs DUNBLANE SQUARE LIMITED
- 2023-06-28➕CARMAN, William Frederick appointeddirector
- 2023-06-28➕STORRIE, David appointeddirector
- 2023-06-28➕VAN ZYL, Ferdi appointeddirector
- 2023-06-28📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
60/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2023-06-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Registered office
The Coach House Perth Road Dunblane
Perth Road
Dunblane
FK15 0HX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
CARMAN, William Frederick→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2023-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMILEY, Anita Elita→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2023-10-04
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STORRIE, David→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2023-06-28
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VAN ZYL, Ferdi→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2023-06-28
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GRAY, Ailsa Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2023-10-04 · resigned 2024-10-18
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Recent filings (15 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-28