CITYPROP INVESTMENTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC157489 · ltd · incorporated 1995-04-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£927.3k
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 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 28.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
92 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.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £927,332
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,250 YoY
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£112k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£927k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£187k£373k£560k£747k£934kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£970.2k£975.8k
Cash£112.1k£168.0k
Net assets£927.3k£933.6k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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  2. 2025-04-01
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  3. 2024-11-27
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  4. 2024-02-19
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  5. 2022-11-22
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  6. 2022-08-24
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  7. 2022-06-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-06-01
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    REA, Jennifer Anne appointed
    director
  9. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2021-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  11. 2021-08-30
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  12. 2020-12-20
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  13. 2020-05-16
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  14. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  15. 2018-12-12
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  16. 2018-07-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2013-03-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 1997-07-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 1997-07-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1995-04-19
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    Company incorporated
    As CITYPROP INVESTMENTS LTD.
  22. 1995-04-19
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Eric Peter appointed
    secretary
  23. 1995-04-19
    ➕
    DOVER, John Harvey, Mr. appointed
    director
  24. 1995-04-19
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Eric Peter appointed
    director
  25. 1995-04-19
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1995-04-19
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-04-19
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 1995-04-19
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Suzanne Michal Dover
Individual · British · DOB 04/1940 · age 86
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Eric Peter Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr. John Harvey Dover
Individual · British · DOB 01/1939 · age 87
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-04-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Caledonia House
89 Seaward Street
Glasgow
G41 1HJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Eric Peter→
secretary · appointed 1995-04-19
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Active
DOVER, John Harvey, Mr.→
director · ~87y · appointed 1995-04-19
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Active
JOHNSTON, Eric Peter→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-04-19
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Active
REA, Jennifer Anne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-06-01
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-04-19 · resigned 1995-04-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-04-19 · resigned 1995-04-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property11/07/1997—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/07/199707/03/2013
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Recent filings (92 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-30