AKZ PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC198072 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-08

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.10M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 26.0y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,098,151

Cash YoY

+1%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£337k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£2.1m

↑ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£929k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£2.11M	£2.07M
Current assets	£929.1k	£754.5k
Cash	£337.3k	£335.3k
Debtors	£3.8k	£7.0k
Net assets	£2.10M	£2.06M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-05
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officers · AP03
2018-09-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-07-07
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LEVINE, Gail appointed
secretary
2018-07-07
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MURPHY, John resigned
secretary
2017-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-03-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-05-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2000-05-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1999-07-08
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Company incorporated
As AKZ PROPERTIES LIMITED
1999-07-08
➕
LEVINE, Gail appointed
director
1999-07-08
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MURPHY, John appointed
secretary
1999-07-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1999-07-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Gail Levine Individual · British · DOB 04/1943 · age 83	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	08/07/2016

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

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-07-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

53 High Street

Paisley

PA1 2AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LEVINE, Gail→

secretary · appointed 2018-07-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEVINE, Gail→

director · ~83y · appointed 1999-07-08

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Active

MURPHY, John→

secretary · appointed 1999-07-08 · resigned 2018-07-07

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-07-08 · resigned 1999-07-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	12/05/2000	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	12/05/2000	19/03/2016

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-31

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2024-12-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-27

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-07-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-07-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-29

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2021-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-12