DEVORGILLA PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC048759 · ltd · incorporated 1971-05-25
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 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 15.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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  2. 2025-09-01
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  3. 2024-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2023-10-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-26
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  10. 2019-11-08
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  11. 2018-12-06
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  12. 2018-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  13. 2017-12-13
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  14. 2017-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-11-20
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    FARRIES, Matthew Stuart appointed
    director
  17. 2011-11-18
    ➕
    OSBORNE, Sheila Mary appointed
    director
  18. 2011-11-18
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    OSBORNE, Anne Thomson Reid resigned
    director
  19. 2011-05-11
    ➖
    SAWYER, Dorothy Margaret Hunter resigned
    director
  20. 2011-02-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2008-08-09
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    FARRIES, Hugh Wilson appointed
    director
  22. 2008-05-16
    ➖
    HILL, Jean Margaret resigned
    director
  23. 2007-09-18
    ➖
    AITKEN, Fiona Stewart resigned
    director
  24. 2005-06-09
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    BRANNOCK, Linda Elaine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-06-09
    ➖
    AITKEN, Thomas Hector resigned
    secretary
  26. 1997-02-22
    ➖
    FARRIES, Thomas Charlton resigned
    director
  27. 1971-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As DEVORGILLA PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

T.C. Farries Inter Vivos Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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T.C. Farries Inter Vivos Trust
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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DEVORGILLA PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC048759

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
T.C. Farries Inter Vivos Trust
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1971-05-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

123 Irish Street
Dumfries
DG1 2PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

BRANNOCK, Linda Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-09
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Active
FARRIES, Hugh Wilson→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-08-09
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Active
FARRIES, Matthew Stuart→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-11-20
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Active
FARRIES, William Hanson→
director · ~76y
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Active
OSBORNE, Sheila Mary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-11-18
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Active
AITKEN, Thomas Hector→
secretary · resigned 2005-06-09
Resigned
AITKEN, Fiona Stewart→
director · ~89y · resigned 2007-09-18
Resigned
FARRIES, Thomas Charlton→
director · ~106y · resigned 1997-02-22
Resigned
HILL, Jean Margaret→
director · ~88y · resigned 2008-05-16
Resigned
OSBORNE, Anne Thomson Reid→
director · ~95y · resigned 2011-11-18
Resigned
SAWYER, Dorothy Margaret Hunter→
director · ~101y · resigned 2011-05-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property02/02/201113/10/2023

Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08