ABERDEEN SOLICITORS' PROPERTY CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC065531 · ltd · incorporated 1978-08-01

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 43.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Advertising agencies

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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 · oldest 43.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 43.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (6 active, 22 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

152 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	10	1100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2026-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-25
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CONSIDINE, Laura Jane appointed
director
2024-01-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-31
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WILDGOOSE, Fiona resigned
director
2023-07-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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BAIN, Gavin Murray resigned
director
2021-12-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
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BARCLAY, William Douglas appointed
director
2020-04-27
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ALLAN, George Keith resigned
director
2020-04-27
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GEDDIE, David Omond Moncrieff resigned
director
2020-04-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-04-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-09-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-09-02
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-09-01
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ALLAN, George Keith appointed
secretary
2019-08-31
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SHIRREFFS, Richard Cameron resigned
secretary
2019-05-31
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RITCHIE, Gordon James Nixon resigned
director
2018-12-31
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MCLEOD, Ian Ronald resigned
director
2018-01-01
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WILDGOOSE, Fiona appointed
director
2017-12-31
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ANDERSON, Philip Edward resigned
director
2017-12-31
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HENDRY, John Fraser resigned
director
2016-01-01
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REID, Nicola Wendy appointed
director
2015-12-31
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MERSON, Denise resigned
director
2011-07-29
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BREMNER, Colin Scott appointed
director
2010-08-26
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ALLAN, George Keith appointed
director
2010-06-16
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FRASER, Robert Malcolm resigned
director
2004-05-01
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FRASER, Robert Malcolm appointed
director
2003-05-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2001-01-01
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MERSON, Denise appointed
director
2000-12-31
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SHEPHERD, Malcolm Gaul resigned
director
2000-04-10
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BUCHAN, Alexander Greig resigned
director
1999-12-31
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COULL, David Carnegie resigned
director
1999-04-05
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BAIN, Gavin Murray appointed
director
1999-04-05
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GEDDIE, David Omond Moncrieff appointed
director
1999-04-05
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SHIRREFFS, Richard Cameron resigned
director
1999-04-05
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WATSON, Melville Forsyth resigned
director
1998-04-06
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RITCHIE, Gordon James Nixon appointed
director
1987-04-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1982-08-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1978-08-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

2-10 Holburn Street

Aberdeen

AB10 6BT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30