ARTROYD PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC105410 · ltd · incorporated 1987-06-25
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 34.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.6 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
150 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees0—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-05-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-02-03
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    MURGITROYD, Ian George resigned
    director
  12. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-09-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-09-13
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    MURGITROYD, Patricia resigned
    director
  18. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2003-01-27
    ➕
    THOMSON, Elizabeth-Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-01-27
    ➖
    YOUNG, Keith Graeme resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-11-14
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    MURGITROYD, George Edward appointed
    director
  23. 2001-11-14
    ➕
    THOMSON, Elizabeth Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-14
    ➕
    MURGITROYD, Patricia appointed
    director
  25. 2001-11-14
    ➖
    PACITTI, Pierpaolo Alfonso Maria Eugenio resigned
    director
  26. 2001-11-14
    ➖
    PATTULLO, Norman resigned
    director
  27. 2001-11-14
    ➖
    YOUNG, Keith Graeme resigned
    director
  28. 1999-10-18
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 1997-08-28
    ➕
    YOUNG, Keith Graeme appointed
    director
  30. 1996-01-01
    ➖
    BARRIE, Donna resigned
    secretary
  31. 1996-01-01
    ➕
    YOUNG, Keith Graeme appointed
    secretary
  32. 1996-01-01
    ➖
    BARRIE, Donna resigned
    director
  33. 1993-10-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Glasgow Development Agency
  34. 1992-11-01
    ➕
    BARRIE, Donna appointed
    director
  35. 1991-11-01
    ➕
    BARRIE, Donna appointed
    secretary
  36. 1991-11-01
    ➖
    MURGITROYD, Ian George resigned
    secretary
  37. 1991-09-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  38. 1987-06-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTROYD PROPERTIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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

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

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Artroyd Securities Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ARTROYD PROPERTIES LIMITED
This company · SC105410

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Artroyd Securities Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-06-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Titanium 1 King's Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8WF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

THOMSON, Elizabeth-Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURGITROYD, George Edward→
director · ~51y · appointed 2001-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Elizabeth Anne→
director · ~53y · appointed 2001-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRIE, Donna→
secretary · appointed 1991-11-01 · resigned 1996-01-01
Resigned
MURGITROYD, Ian George→
secretary · resigned 1991-11-01
Resigned
YOUNG, Keith Graeme→
secretary · appointed 1996-01-01 · resigned 2003-01-27
Resigned
BARRIE, Donna→
director · ~61y · appointed 1992-11-01 · resigned 1996-01-01
Resigned
MURGITROYD, Ian George→
director · ~82y · resigned 2021-02-03
Resigned
MURGITROYD, Patricia→
director · ~81y · appointed 2001-11-14 · resigned 2019-09-13
Resigned
PACITTI, Pierpaolo Alfonso Maria Eugenio→
director · ~78y · resigned 2001-11-14
Resigned
PATTULLO, Norman→
director · ~78y · resigned 2001-11-14
Resigned
YOUNG, Keith Graeme→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-08-28 · resigned 2001-11-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property18/10/1999—
outstanding
Glasgow Development Agency
Standard security1 property13/10/1993—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property12/09/1991—
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Recent filings (150 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-17