ARKAY PROPERTIES (GLASGOW) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC034001 · ltd · incorporated 1959-05-15

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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accounts · AA
2021-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-03-15
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accounts · AA
2018-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-01-05
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officers · TM01
2016-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-21
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WOLFSON, Leslie resigned
director
2016-01-06
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-01-05
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annual-return · AR01
2011-12-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-06-17
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WATSON, Glen Stewart appointed
director
1991-12-06
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WATSON, Glen Stewart appointed
secretary
1991-12-06
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ROBERTSON, Donald Macbean resigned
secretary
1959-05-15
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Company incorporated
As ARKAY PROPERTIES (GLASGOW) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 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

Kestrel Equities Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kestrel Equities Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ARKAY PROPERTIES (GLASGOW) LIMITED

This company · SC034001

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kestrel Equities Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1959-05-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

5th Floor, 19 Waterloo Street

Glasgow

G2 6BQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-11

Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WATSON, Glen Stewart→

secretary · appointed 1991-12-06

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Active

WATSON, Glen Stewart→

director · ~65y · appointed 1999-06-17

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Active

WATT FRICS, Alan James→

director · ~87y

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Active

ROBERTSON, Donald Macbean→

secretary · resigned 1991-12-06

Resigned

WOLFSON, Leslie→

director · ~97y · resigned 2016-01-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	20/12/2011	—

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