TAYLOR BROTHERS (PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC058985 · ltd · incorporated 1975-11-21
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 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£314.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
130 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £314,343

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£314k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£56k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£63k£126k£189k£251k£314kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£517.3k£448.6k
Current assets£56.1k£76.3k
Net assets£314.3k£221.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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  2. 2026-04-16
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  3. 2025-07-01
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  4. 2024-09-25
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  5. 2024-04-12
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  6. 2023-09-20
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  7. 2022-09-28
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  8. 2021-09-07
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  9. 2020-09-14
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  10. 2019-08-26
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  11. 2019-04-24
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    capital · SH04
  12. 2018-11-12
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-11-12
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-11-01
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    GIBLEN, Nolan Darrel appointed
    director
  15. 2018-11-01
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    GIBLEN BAGBY, Natalie Simone appointed
    director
  16. 2018-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-31
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  18. 2011-04-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 2011-04-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  20. 2009-08-17
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    GIBLEN, Graham appointed
    director
  21. 2004-03-01
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    GIBLEN, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-10-10
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    GIBLEN, Graham appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-10-10
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    GIBLEN, Graham resigned
    director
  24. 1975-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As TAYLOR BROTHERS (PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT) 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kathleen Giblen
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/02/2017

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
Incorporated1975-11-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

14 School Road
Balmullo
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 0BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

GIBLEN, Graham→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-10
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Active
GIBLEN, Graham→
director · ~79y · appointed 2009-08-17
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Active
GIBLEN, Kathleen→
director · ~79y
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Active
GIBLEN, Nolan Darrel→
director · ~51y · appointed 2018-11-01
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Active
GIBLEN BAGBY, Natalie Simone→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-11-01
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Active
GIBLEN, Kathleen→
secretary · resigned 2004-03-01
Resigned
GIBLEN, Graham→
director · ~79y · resigned 2003-10-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Standard security1 property11/04/2011—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property11/04/2011—
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Recent filings (130 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2022-05-19
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2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-14