AARDVARK SELF STORAGE LIMITED
⚰️Wound downdissolved
SC154057 · ltd · incorporated 1994-11-02
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
52/100
Worth a look
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed dormant / non-trading — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 52/100 (worth a look), bankability 42/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 60). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: asset disposal / carve-out (45/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.
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Refinance opportunity
17 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 30.8y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 75/100 (specialist).
Data confidence
Overall: low (52/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
17 charges (17/17 with lender, 17/17 with type)
90
Directors & officers
17 officers (3 active, 17 linked, 10 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
147 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
52/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Business quality
10
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
41
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (91 events)Click to expand
- 2012-08-03⚠️gazette-dissolved-liquidationgazette · GAZ2
- 2012-08-03🏁Company dissolved
- 2012-05-03⚠️liquidation-voluntary-return-of-final-meeting-scotlandinsolvency · 4.26(Scot)
- 2012-01-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2011-10-31📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-03-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-nameofficers · AP01
- 2011-03-09📄termination-director-company-with-nameofficers · TM01
- 2011-03-01➕GOWERS, Peter Darren appointeddirector
- 2011-02-28➖WILLIAMS, Stephen Wilfred resigneddirector
- 2010-11-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-11-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2009-11-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2009-11-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2009-11-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2009-11-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2009-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-11-18📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2008-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-05-01➕AHMED, Sam appointedsecretary
- 2008-05-01➖HODSDEN, Richard David resignedsecretary
- 2008-05-01📄legacyofficers · 288a
- 2008-05-01📄legacyofficers · 288b
- 2007-11-09📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2007-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-05-09📄legacyofficers · 288c
- 2007-03-20📄legacyannual-return · 363a
- 2006-08-22📄legacymortgage · 419a(Scot)
- 2006-08-22🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2006-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2004-06-29🔒Charge registered #17Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-06-23➕HODSDEN, Richard David appointeddirector
- 2004-06-23➖DRYSDALE, Clive Douglas resignedsecretary
- 2004-06-23➕HODSDEN, Richard David appointedsecretary
- 2004-06-23➖DRYSDALE, Clive Douglas resigneddirector
- 2004-06-23➖SMITH, Nicholas Paul resigneddirector
- 2004-06-23➕WILLIAMS, Stephen Wilfred appointeddirector
- 2003-04-15🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2003-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2003-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2003-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2003-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2003-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2003-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2003-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2002-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2002-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2002-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2002-12-24🔓Charge satisfied #7
Showing most recent 50 of 91 events
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
2 high · 1 med ·Company dissolved
highCompany has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2012-08-03
2 insolvency-related filings on record
highFilings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.
Evidence: 2012-08-03: gazette-dissolved-liquidation; 2012-05-03: liquidation-voluntary-return-of-final-meeting-scotland
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
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Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
30 Bankhead Drive
Sighthill
Edinburgh
EH11 4EQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2010-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —
Officers (0 active · 14 resigned)
Active
GOWERS, Peter Darren→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2011-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HODSDEN, Richard David→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2004-06-23
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DRYSDALE, Clive Douglas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2004-06-23
HENNESSY, Linda→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-06-23 · resigned 2002-09-27
HODSDEN, Richard David→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-06-23 · resigned 2008-05-01
GILLESPIE MACANDREW WS→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 1999-06-23
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-11-02 · resigned 1994-12-01
DRYSDALE, Clive Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2004-06-23
GALBRAITH, Norman Thomas Galloway→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 2002-09-27
HODGSON, Simon Squair→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 1999-06-21 · resigned 2002-09-27
JACK, Alister William→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 1994-12-01 · resigned 2002-09-27
SMITH, Nicholas Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2004-06-23
STENHOUSE, Richard Guy Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 1999-06-21 · resigned 2002-09-27
STEWART, John Cameron→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1995-03-10 · resigned 1996-03-01
WILLIAMS, Stephen Wilfred→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2004-06-23 · resigned 2011-02-28
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-11-02 · resigned 1994-12-01
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Mortgages & charges
17
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:17 of 17 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 29/06/2004 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 23/12/2002 | 24/03/2003 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 23/12/2002 | 24/03/2003 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 23/12/2002 | 24/03/2003 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Floating charge | 2 properties | 20/12/2002 | 22/08/2006 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 05/02/2002 | 24/12/2002 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 3 properties | 05/12/2001 | 04/04/2003 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 3 properties | 12/06/2001 | 04/04/2003 | |
| satisfied | Noble Grossart Noble Grossart Limited | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 07/06/2001 | 24/12/2002 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 22/12/2000 | 24/12/2002 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 09/11/2000 | 24/12/2002 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 3 properties | 28/04/2000 | 15/04/2003 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 2 properties | 26/08/1999 | 04/04/2003 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 1 property | 26/04/1999 | 04/04/2003 | |
| satisfied | Noble Grossart Noble Grossart Limited | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 29/03/1999 | 24/12/2002 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 04/08/1995 | 27/08/2002 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 04/07/1995 | 24/12/2002 |
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Recent filings (147 total)
gazette-dissolved-liquidation
gazette · GAZ2
2012-08-03
liquidation-voluntary-return-of-final-meeting-scotland
insolvency · 4.26(Scot)
2012-05-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2012-01-17
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2011-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2011-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name
officers · AP01
2011-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name
officers · TM01
2011-03-09
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2010-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2010-07-30
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2009-11-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2009-11-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2009-11-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2009-11-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2009-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2009-06-18