DUNDAS ESTATES & DEVELOPMENT CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25M
+1.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-23.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DUNDAS ESTATES & DEVELOPMENT CO. LIMITED 1991-08-21 → present
- DUNWILCO (260) LIMITED 1991-07-16 → 1991-08-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,662,665 | £28,216,105 | |
| Operating profit | £1,747,612 | £2,535,194 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,587,033 | £1,211,231 | |
| Net profit | £1,207,933 | £916,823 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,503,635 | £25,961,457 | |
| Net assets | £25,072,447 | £25,354,457 | |
| Equity | £25,072,447 | £25,354,457 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,382,363 | £966,297 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.9% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.0% | 62.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 7.00x | 1.87x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DUNDAS ESTATES & DEVELOPMENT CO. LIMITED · parent
- Sundial Dundas (Corstorphine) Limited 100%
- Dundas Estates (Haddington) Limited 100%
- Dundas Estates (Shawfair) Limited 100%
- Dundas Estates (Bishopton) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The business acquired 6 new development sites in Central Scotland.”
- “A dispute has arisen in respect of rectification works to a number of units.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRFOULL, David Andrew | Secretary | 1991-08-27 | — | British |
| CAMPBELL, John Charles | Director | 1991-08-27 | May 1950 | British |
| FAIRFOULL, Craig David | Director | 2023-06-01 | Mar 1992 | British |
| FAIRFOULL, David Andrew | Director | 1991-08-27 | Jan 1959 | British |
| MURPHY, William Andrew | Director | 2021-11-01 | Jan 1962 | British |
| SCOTT, Ian Stewart | Director | 2020-08-20 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-07-16 | 1991-08-27 |
| COUTTS, Maureen Sheila | Nominee Director | 1991-07-16 | 1991-08-27 |
| CUMMING, Donald Ian | Director | 1991-08-13 | 1991-08-27 |
| DUNLOP, John Bruce | Director | 1991-08-27 | 2018-11-02 |
| HARDIE, David | Nominee Director | 1991-07-16 | 1991-08-27 |
| IRVINE, James | Director | 2007-05-29 | 2007-12-03 |
| WALKER, Michael James | Director | 1991-08-27 | 2012-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Walker (Leith) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+36.6%
£20,662,665 £28,216,105
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+1.1%
£25,072,447 £25,354,457
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+45.1%
£1,747,612 £2,535,194
-
Profit before tax
-23.7%
£1,587,033 £1,211,231
-
Wages
-30.1%
£1,382,363 £966,297
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers